Tree to 20 m. Twigs 2.5-3 mm diameter, late glabrescent, hairs rusty, 0.5(-l) mm; older twigs blackish brown, finely striate, neither cracking nor flaking, with scattered inconspicuous lenticels. Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, (13-) 15-19 by 3-5.5 cm, base cuneate, apex acute-acuminate; upper surface dark brown, lower surface light brown, hairs (sub)persistent, widely spaced, mixed: 0.1 mm and 1 mm long; papillose surface clearly visible (lens!); dots absent; midrib raised above, lateral nerves 16-20 per side, at 70-80° to the midrib, flat and inconspicuous above, lines of interarching thin though distinct below, venation indistinct; petiole 8-15 by 2-2.5 mm, late glabrescent; leaf bud 15 by 2-2.5 mm, hairs 0.5-1 mm. Male inflorescences unknown; female inflorescences (known from a single specimen) between the leaves, almost of the Knema-type, a scar-covered brachyblast 3 mm diameter, 1-or 2-flowered, peduncle subterete, 1-4 by 2 mm, hairs 0.5(-l) mm; bracts minute, caducous; flowers with bright brown hairs, 0.5-1 mm. Male flowers unknown. Female flowers: pedicel 10 by (1.5—)2 mm, bracteole about median, caducous, scar inconspicuous; buds ovoid-oblong, 12-13 by 5-6 mm, much narrowed in the upper half, cleft c. 1/5, lobes 2.5-3 mm long, 0.5 mm thick, at anthesis curved outwards; ovary c. 7 mm long, the hairs dense, golden brown, 1 mm. Fruits not seen, but see field-notes.
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