Tree 25-30 m. Twigs almost angled, ± yellowish brown, 2.5(-3) mm diameter, very early glabrescent, hairs scattered, scale-like, less than 0.1 mm; older twigs tending to flake, with few brownish lenticels. Leaves subcoriaceous, (elliptic-)oblong, 15-20 by 3.5-6.5 cm, base cuneate, apex acute; upper surface olivaceous or yellowish brown, lower surface slightly paler, glabrous; papillose (lens!); dots absent; midrib slightly raised above, lateral nerves 15-20 per side, at 45-60° to the midrib, slender, flat and faint above, faint below, lines of interarching and venation inconspicuous; petiole 15-20 (-25) by 2.5-3 mm, early glabrescent; leaf bud 15 by 3-4 mm, longitudinally cracked on drying, hairs dense, yellow-brown, appressed, (0.1-)0.3 mm. Inflorescences known only from the infructescences. Male and female flowers not seen. Infructescences below the leaves, peduncle 5-10 by (4-)5-6 mm, glabrescent, with coarsely flaking bark, ending in one or two fruiting pedicel(s). Fruits (immature) solitary or paired, broadly fusiform, 5-6 by 3-3.5 cm, base narrowed into 5(-7) mm long pseudostalk, apex ± gradually tapered, acute, hairs light brown, mealy, 0.3(-0.4) mm; pericarp 10 mm thick; seeds not seen; fruiting pedicel 10 mm, fissured and with lenticels or coarsely flaking, bracteole scar about median.
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