Tree up to 24 m; d.b.h. up to 40 cm; branchlets very slender, scattered, subglabrous. Leaves scattered, obovate, elliptic or oblong, 4-12(-16) by 2-4(-6) cm, subcoriaceous, glabrous; base cuneate; apex abruptly cuspidate (over 1 cm), oblique; nerves 4 (or 5) pairs, arcuate, impressed above; veins obscure; petiole l-1½ cm, slender. Inflorescence up to 4 cm, rather slender, subglabrous to puberulous, 2(-3) times branched; branches of the first order scattered; higher order bracts subulate, lower ones foliaceous, over 10 mm, passing into foliage leaves. Submature flower bud 3 mm ø. Sepals 5, broader than long, subglabrous. Petals 5, thick, densely appressed-hairy outside. Stamens 5. Ovary densely appressed silky-hairy. Fruit oblong, 1½-2 by ¾-l cm; persistent disk and sepals inconspicuous.
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