Tree 8-30 m. Twigs somewhat angular or not, 2-3 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs grey or orange-brown, 0.1 mm; older twigs with inconspicuous lenticels. Leaves chartaceous or (sub)coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or (obong-)lanceolate, 8-16 by 1.8-4.5 (-6) cm, base cuneate, apex acute-acuminate, the very tip (subacute or) ± blunt; upper surface olivaceous or brown, lower suface greyish, subpersistent or glabrescent, hairs dense, woolly, 0.1-0.2(-0.3) mm; papillose (lens!); dots absent; midrib above somewhat raised, purplish brown, lateral nerves 11-15 per side, at c. 45° to the midrib, above flat or sunken, thin, below distinct, conspicuously purplish brown (or yellow when fresh), contrasting in colour, lines of interarching and venation distinct; petiole 12-30(-40) by 1.5-2.5 mm; leaf bud 8-15 by 2-4 mm, hairs 0.1-0.2 mm. Inflorescences pedunculate, between the leaves, with rufous hairs 0.1-0.3 mm; in male: 1.5-2.5 cm long, peduncle 10 mm, flattened, proceeding into a branch 5-10(-20) mm, with 1-4 (sub)sessile or short-stalked lateral clusters each of 5(-10) flowers, buds of various sizes; bracts ovate, 3 mm long, caducous; female inflorescences (from infructescences): glabrescent, (1-) 1.5-3 cm long; flowers densely pubescent. Male flowers (Soejarto c.s. 8079): pedicel 2-4 mm, slender, bracteole small, caducous; buds oblong, 3-4.5 by 2-2.5 mm, cleft c. 1/3, lobes 1-1.5 mm long, c. 0.3 mm thick. Androecium 3.5 mm; androphore 2 mm, for the larger part minutely pubescent; synandrium 1.5 mm, thecae c. 12, sterile apex (almost absent) consisting of 5 or 6 protrusions of the anthers, 0.1 mm long or less. Female flowers not seen. Fruits 1 or 2 (or 3) per infructescence, ovoid-ellipsoid to ellip-soid(-oblong), 3-7 by 2.5-3.5 cm, apex and base (narrowly) rounded, hairs scurfy, orange-brown or rusty, 0.1-0.2 mm; pericarp 2-6 mm thick; seeds ellipsoid, 2-4.5 cm; fruiting pedicel 2-4 mm.
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