Small tree 3-8 m tall; branchlets not seen. Leaves large, oblanceolate, 30-54 cm long, 10-15 cm wide, abruptly short acuminate, tapering gradually toward the base, the extreme base auriculately rounded, entire to remotely and inconspic-uously serrate toward the apex, drying dark olive below, darker above, the main veins plane or somewhat impressed above, prominent below, the lateral veins 19-23 on a side, tertiary venation prominulous below, minutely punctate, glabrous