Tree c. 10 m. Twigs 2(-3) mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs 0.1 mm; older twigs somewhat longitudinally cracking (not flaking), with numerous small lenticels. Leaves (thinly) coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 14-16 by 5-7 cm, base cuneate, apex (long-)acute-acuminate; upper surface olivaceous(-brown), lower surface bright yellowish brown or cinnamon by persistent dense, felty, interwoven scale-like and flocculose hairs 0.2-0.3 mm; not papillose; dots absent; midrib slightly raised above, lateral nerves 12-14 per side, at c. 60° to the midrib, slender and flat above, little raised and faint below, lines of interarching and venation indistinct at both surfaces; petiole 15-20 by 2-2.5 mm; leaf bud 10-15 by 2 mm, hairs 0.2-0.3 mm. Female inflorescences (from infructescences) (sub)sessile, ± below the leaves, of the Knema-type, apparently few-flowered. Male and female flowers not seen. Fruits (slightly immature) single, ovoid-ellipsoid, 3.5-4 by 2 cm, apex subacute, base narrowed or narrowly rounded, hairs dense, dark rust-coloured, scurfy, 0.1 (-0.2) mm; pericarp 3-4 mm thick; seeds not seen; fruiting pedicel 8-10 by 3.5-4 mm, short-pubescent, densely and conspicuously lenticellate, bracteole scar faint, 1-3 mm below the apex.
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