Tree up to 15 m; branchlets stout, scattered, glabrous. Leaves scattered, obovate, 7-16 by 4½-8½ cm, thick-coriaceous, glaucous and waxy below, glabrous; base obtuse; apex apiculate; nerves 4-5 pairs, with intermediary ones, all obscure; veins obscure; petiole 2-3½ cm, stout, glabrous. Inflorescence up to 5 cm, rather stout and compact, subglabrous to sparsely puberulous, branched up to 5 times; branches of the first order scattered; bracts triangular, under 3 mm. Submature flower bud 3 mm ø. Sepals 4(-5), as long as broad, sparsely puberulous. Petals 4(-5), thick, appressed-hairy outside. Stamens 4(-5). Ovary sparsely puberulous.
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