Tree 6 m. Twigs (sub)terete, 2-3 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs scale-like, less than 0.1 mm; older twigs sometimes fissured or transversely cracked; lenticels inconspicuous. Leaves membranous, brittle, (ellipsoid-)oblong, 15-23 by 6-9 cm, base (short) cuneate, apex acute(-acuminate); upper surface (olivaceous) or dark brown, lower surface grey-brown, glabrous (very early glabrescent); not papillose; dots just visible to the naked eye; midrib raised above, lateral nerves 15-20 per side, at 60-80° to the midrib, inconspicuous above, bright brown and contrasting in colour below, lines of interarch-ing and venation faint; petiole (10—)15 by 3-3.5 mm; leaf bud 10-15 by 2-3 mm, hairs scale-like, 0.1 mm or less. Inflorescences, male and female flowers not seen. Infructescence {van Royen & Sleumer 7587) between the lower leaves, peduncle 3-5 mm. Fruit solitary, ovoid-ellipsoid, 4.5-5 by 3.5 cm, apex ± pointed, hairs dense, mealy, rusty, 0.1 mm; seeds ellipsoid(-oblong), 2 cm; pericarp rather woody, 8(—10) mm thick; fruiting pedicel 4 mm long.
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