Tree 8-20 m. Twigs 4-5 mm diameter, late glabrescent, hairs copious, 0.5-1 mm; older twigs not seen. Leaves (thinly) chartaceous, (elliptic-)oblong, 12-24(-27) by 5-8 (-10) cm, base (broadly) rounded, apex (subacute or) blunt; upper surface bright (oliva-ceous-)brown, glabrescent, hairs dense, mealy, pale brown, 0.3 mm, lower surface late glabrescent, hairs dense, much-branched, of mixed sizes, up to 1 mm long, persisting on and near the base of the midrib; not papillose; dots absent; midrib raised above; lateral nerves 12-18 per side, at 50-80° to the midrib, flat, lines of interarching and venation indistinct; petiole 15-20 by 3(-4) mm, late glabrescent; leaf bud 10-15 by 3-4 mm, hairs (0.5-)l mm. Inflorescences as in Knema but pedunculate, between the leaves, peduncle with persistent hairs 0.5-1 mm, or late glabrescent; in male: peduncle 5-10(-20) mm long, ending in 1-3 short scar-covered flower-bearing brachyblasts, each inflorescence with 10-15 flowers, buds of various sizes; in female: peduncle up to 5 mm long, 1-3-flowered; flowers with dense hairs 0.5(-l) mm. Male flowers: pedicel 3-5 by 1-1.5 mm, bracteole 1 mm long, caducous, (sub)apical; buds ellipsoid-oblong, 9-10 by (4-) 4.5-5 mm, apex rounded, not angled (see note 1), cleft 1/4-1/3, lobes 2.5-3 mm long, 0.3 mm thick. Androecium slender, 8 mm; androphore 3 by 1(—1.5) mm, in basal (1/2-) 1/3 with dense setose yellow-brown hairs 1 mm; synandrium 3.5-4 by 1.5 mm, thecae c. 12, sterile apex rather acute, 1 mm. Female flowers: pedicel 3 mm long, bracteole caducous, subapical; buds ovoid, 7(-9) by 5(-7) mm, lobes 3 mm long; ovary ovoid, 4-5 mm, hairs 1 mm. Fruits (submature) solitary or paired, subsessile, ovoid(-ellipsoid), 3 by 2-2.5 cm, apex (narrowly) rounded, hairs dense, rust-coloured, 2(-3) mm; pericarp 5-6 mm thick; seeds not known; fruiting pedicel 4-5 by 3 mm, pubescent.
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