Tree 4-30 m. Twigs 1-2 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs less than 0.1 mm; older twigs striate, thinly flaking or not; lenticels distinct. Leaves chartaceous (or thinly coriaceous), (elliptic-)oblong, 6-14 by 1.5-4.5 cm, base attenuate, apex acute(-acumi-nate); upper surface olivaceous-brown, lower surface with indumentum subpersistent or late glabrescent, hairs pale silvery brown, scale-like, less than 0.1 mm; papillae and dots absent; midrib somewhat raised above, lateral nerves 10-15 per side, at 60(-70)° to the midrib, flat or sunken above, lines of interarching and venation indistinct on both surfaces; petiole 8-14 by 1-2 mm; leaf bud 6-11 by 1.5-2 mm, hairs appressed, less than 0.1 mm. Inflorescences (known only from infructescences) of the Knema-type. Male and female flowers not seen. Infructescences with a single fruit below the leaves; peduncle absent. Fruits elliptic-oblong or ± pear-shaped, 6-7 by 3-4 cm, apex rounded, with short distinctly oblique apiculum, basal part somewhat contracted into a short thick pseudostalk or not, hairs mealy, dull brown, 0.1 mm or less; pericarp with a marked ridge, ± woody, 10-15 mm thick; seeds (± immature) ellipsoid, (2-)2.5 cm; fruiting pedicel thick, 4-10 by 5-9 mm, fissured and somewhat lenticellate.
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