Tree up to 8(-15)m; branchlets very stout, scattered to subopposite, subglabrous. Leaves scattered to subopposite, crowded at apices of branchlets, obovate to oblanceolate, 5-15 by 2-7 cm, thick coriaceous, glabrous; base cuneate; apex acute to acuminate; nerves 6-8(-12) pairs, usually prominent below; veins prominulous below; petiole l-2½ cm, stout, glabrous. Inflorescence up to 3-(6) cm, stout, very compact, puberulous to villous, 2(-3) times branched; branches of the first order scattered; higher order bracts triangular, under 3 mm; lower ones lanceolate up to 5 mm, puberulous. Submature flower bud 5 mm ø. Sepals 4, broader than long, glabrous to appressed-hairy. Petals 4, thick, glabrous to appressed-hairy. Stamens 4. Ovary glabrous to appressed-hairy. Fruit ellipsoid, 2-3 by 1¼-1½ cm; persistent disk and sepals inconspicuous.
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