Tree up to 31m; d.b.h. up to 75(-90)cm. Branchlets stout or slender, (sub) opposite, subglabrous to velutinous. Leaves (sub) opposite, elliptic, obovate, oblong or oblanceolate, (3½-)4½-18 by 2-8 cm, chartaceous to thick coriaceous, subglabrous, rarely densely velutinous; base attenuate to truncate; apex acuminate to caudate; nerves 3-9(-11) pairs, sometimes arcuate; veins usually obscure; petiole l-2(-4) cm, stout or slender. Inflorescence up to 8 cm, stout or slender, subglabrous to puberulous, branched up to 3-(4) times, at times terminating in a dichasium, branches of the first order (sub)opposite. Bracts triangular to lanceolate, up to 4 mm, puberulous to veluti-nous. Submature flower bud l½-2½ mm ø. Sepals (4-)5(-6-7), broader than long. Petals (4-)5(-6), thick or thin, glabrous or puberulous outside. Stamens (4-)5(-6). Ovary sparsely puberulous. Fruit ovoid to oblong, 1½-2½ by 1-1½ cm, dull or shining when dry; persistent disk inconspicuous to prominent; sepals inconspicuous.
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