Tree 10-12 m. Twigs (1.5-)2.5 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs less than 0.1 mm; older twigs with few inconspicuous lenticels. Leaves membranous or (thinly) char-taceous, oblong-lanceolate, 14-20 by 3.5-5 cm, base short-attenuate or narrowly rounded, apex acute-acuminate; upper surface olivaceous-brown, lower surface grey-brown, early glabrescent, hairs less than 0.1 mm; not papillose; dots present (lens!); midrib raised above, lateral nerves 20(-25) per side, at 60-80° to the midrib, thin and sunken above, brown and contrasting in colour below, lines of interarching and venation inconspicuous; petiole 10-20 by 2-2.5 mm; leaf bud 10-12 by 2 mm, hairs less than 0.1 mm. Inflorescences (from incomplete female and fruiting specimens): of the Knema-type: a sessile or 2(-3) mm pedunculate, scar-covered brachyblast 2 mm long, with 2 or 3 flowers (according to their scars), minutely pubescent; bracts not seen. Male inflorescences, male and female flowers not seen. Infructescence below the leaves, sessile or with peduncle to 3 mm long. Fruits (somewhat immature) solitary, broadly fusiform, 4.5 by 2.5 cm, apex acute with 3 mm long beak formed by style-remnant, base ± narrowed into a 3 mm long pseudostalk, hairs dense, rust-coloured, scurfy, 0.1 mm; pericarp 3-4 mm thick; seeds not seen; fruiting pedicel 10-12 by 4(-5) mm, bright brown, finely fissured and with small contrasting lenticels, bracteole scar ± median.
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