Tree 8-15 m. Twigs 5-7 mm diameter, ridged or not, always ± angular; ant-swellings faint and without opening, or absent. Leaves (thinly) coriaceous, comparatively small, the largest 24 by 7 cm, lower surface subglabrous, not papillose. Inflorescences: brachy-blast thick, wart-like, to 10 mm long; flower buds rather robust, resembling those of the type variety, slightly differing in size within one cluster, bracteole 2(-4) mm, caducous, perianth leathery. Male flowers as the species. Fruits solitary or 2 (or 3) together, broadly ellipsoid, 2 by 1.5 cm, apex pointed; fruiting pedicel 5-7 by 2(-3) mm, smooth, not or but little lenticellate.
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