Tree up to 21 m; d.b.h. up to 20 cm; branchlets stout, scattered, woolly. Leaves scattered, elliptic-oblong to oblong, 13-30 by 572-15 cm, subcoria-ceous, villous, especially below; base cuneate, at times slightly oblique; apex acuminate; nerves 7-10 pairs, prominent below, villous; veins prominulous, puberulous to villous; petiole 4-7 cm, stout, woolly. Inflorescence up to 9 cm, stout, woolly, branched up to 4 times; branches of the first order scattered; bracts triangular to lanceolate, up to 8 mm, densely woolly. Submature flower bud 4 mm ø. Sepals 5, broader than long, villous. Petals 5, velvety outside. Stamens 5. Ovary densely villous. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 4-4½ by 2 cm; persistent disk inconspicuous, sepals prominent, up to 5 mm.
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