A slender open-crowned tree up to 25 m. tall, but more commonly 10–15 m.. Bark fairly smooth, pale greyish brown or grey-green.. Twigs at first densely scurfily stellate-pubescent, some of the hairs occasionally with one ray much longer than the rest, later becoming sparingly so.. Petioles (2–)10–20(–30) cm. long, indumented as the twigs; leaf-blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 6–35 cm. long and wide, acutely or subacutely and very shortly acuminate or rounded-obtuse, deeply cordate, with 2 somewhat irregular stipitate glands at the insertion of the petiole, usually entire or subentire, occasionally denticulate, chartaceous, 7(–9)-nerved from the base, lateral nerves 5–8 pairs, nerves, veins and reticulations not prominent above, prominent beneath, sparingly scurfily stellate-pubescent above and only on the nerves, veins and reticulations beneath, minutely gland-dotted above and/or beneath, dark green above, paler beneath.. Stipules triangular-ovate, 1 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, subacute, cordate, densely scurfily stellate-pubescent.. Male inflorescences up to 50 cm. long and 30 cm. wide, much-branched, often leafy at the base; axes sparingly to evenly stellate-pubescent; bracts ovate, 1.5–2 mm. long, acute, sparingly pubescent, (1–)2–3(–4)-flowered.. Male flowers: pedicels up to 5 mm. long, glabrous; sepals 2(–3), ovate or elliptic-ovate, 2.5–3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, acute, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous without, glabrous within, pale yellowish green; disc-glands 10, cylindric-conic, 0.3 mm. long; stamens 30–40, 2–3 mm. long, filaments greenish cream, anthers 1.3 mm. long, cream-yellow, with a small white apical gland.. Female inflorescences up to 40 cm. long and 30 cm. wide, stiffly erect, less branched than the ♂, but otherwise similar; bracts 4 mm. long, 1-flowered.. Female flowers: pedicels stout, 2–5 mm. long, densely pubescent; calyx-lobes 5(–6), unequal, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5–7 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, accrescent to 9 mm. long in fruit, thick, reflexed, evenly velutinous without and within, 3-nerved without, dull green; disc shallowly 5-lobed; ovary trilobate, 1.5 mm. long, 2 mm. diameter, densely stellate-pubescent; styles 2 mm. long, pubescent without, glabrous within.. Fruits trilobate, 1–1.2 cm. long, 1.2–1.3 cm. diameter, evenly scurfily stellate-pubescent.. Seeds ellipsoid, 7 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, brown-mottled, with an adpressed bilobed caruncle.. Fig. 47.
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Leaf blade 10–30 × 10–25 cm, broadly ovate-suborbicular, shortly acutely acuminate at the apex, deeply cordate at the base, usually entire, occasionally shallowly denticulate, sparingly scurfily stellate-pubescent on the nerves on the upper and lower surfaces, otherwise ± glabrous and minutely gland-dotted beneath; main nerves 7–9(11) from the base, lateral nerves in 5–7 pairs.
Female flowers: pedicels stout, up to 8 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 3 mm long, accrescent to 5(9) mm in fruit, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, thick, reflexed, velutinous; disk shallowly 5-lobed; ovary 2 mm in diameter, 3-lobed, densely stellate-pubescent; styles 2 mm long, pubescent abaxially.
Male flowers: pedicels 2–3 mm long, ± glabrous; buds ovoid, pubescent; calyx lobes 2.5–3 mm long, broadly ovate, cream-coloured; disk glands 10, 0.3 mm long, cylindric; stamens 30–40, 2–3 mm long, anthers 1.3 mm long, pale yellow.
Female inflorescences few-branched, up to 20 cm long and wide; bracts 4 mm long, 1-flowered; otherwise as in the male.
Male inflorescences 20–30 × 20 cm, often leafy at the base; axes pubescent; bracts 1–2 mm long, ovate, 1–4-flowered.
Seeds 7 × 5 mm, ellipsoid, dark brown-mottled; caruncle appressed, 2-lobed.
An open-crowned tree 10–20(40) m in height, with a straight clear bole.
Fruits 1–1.2 × 1.2–1.3 cm evenly scurfily stellate-tomentose.
Stipules 0.7–1 × 0.7–1.5 cm, ovate, densely pubescent.
Twigs and petioles scurfily stellate-pubescent.
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