Tree up to 30 m; d.b.h. up to 30 cm; branchlets stout, opposite, glabrous. Leaves opposite, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 4-12 by 2-5½ cm, thick-coriaceous, glabrous; base cuneate; apex acuminate to caudate; nerves 5-7 pairs, prominent beneath, with intermediary ones and distinct veins; petiole l½-2½ cm, stout. Inflorescence up to 8 cm, rather stout and compact, glabrous, up to 4 times branched, at times terminating in a dichasium; branches of the first order opposite; higher order bracts triangular, under 3 mm; lower bracts lanceolate, up to 5 mm, all glabrous. Submature flower bud 2 mm ø. Sepals 4, broader than long, thick, glabrous. Petals 4, thin, glabrous outside. Stamens 4. Ovary glabrous. Fruit (unripe) ovoid, 2½ by l½ cm; persistent disk and sepals inconspicuous.
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