A spreading tree up to 15 m. tall but more commonly 6–8 m.. Bark fairly smooth, lenticellate, sometimes sparingly warty, grey.. Young twigs evenly to sparingly scurfily fulvous stellate-pubescent.. Petioles (1–)10–17(–25) cm. long, indumented as the twigs; leaf-blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 5–25 cm. long and wide, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, truncate to deeply cordate at the base, entire, chartaceous, 7–9-nerved from the base, lateral nerves 4–6(–7) pairs, midrib and main nerves not prominent above, prominent beneath, sparingly scurfily stellate-pubescent, rarely glabrous or hirsute, above, densely and continuously whitish velvety stellate-tomentose beneath, minutely gland-dotted above and beneath.. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 4–5 mm. long, acute, evenly scurfily stellate-pubescent.. Male inflorescences up to 40 cm. long and 30 cm. wide, much-branched, often leafy at the base; axes sparingly to evenly scurfily stellate-pubescent; bracts broadly ovate, 1 mm. long, subacute, densely pubescent, 4–6-flowered.. Male flowers: pedicels up to 1 mm. long, glabrous; sepals 2–3, broadly ovate to suborbicular, 1.5 mm. long, 1.3 mm. wide, obtuse, ± glabrous, pale yellow; disc-glands 8–10, conical, irregularly connate at the base; stamens 15–30, 1.5 mm. long, anthers 0.75 mm. long, with (1–)3 small apical glands.. Female inflorescences up to 30 cm. long and 10 cm. wide, stiffly erect, less branched than the ♂, otherwise similar; bracts 2 mm. long, 1–3-flowered.. Female flowers: pedicels stout, 2 mm. long, densely pubescent; calyx-lobes 5, subequal, oblong, 2 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, not accrescent, thick, reflexed, densely velutinous without, glabrous or subglabrous within, 3-nerved without, smooth within; disc annular, crenulate; ovary 3(–4)-lobate, 1.5 mm. long, 2 mm. diameter, densely stellate-pubescent; styles 2 mm. long, pubescent without, glabrous within.. Fruits 3(–4)-lobate, 5–8(–10) mm. long, 8–13 mm. diameter, usually evenly scurfily stellate-pubescent and hirsute.. Seeds ovoid, 6–7 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, brownish, with a small caruncle.
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Leaf blade (5)10–20 cm long and wide, broadly ovate-suborbicular, shortly acutely or subacutely acuminate to obtuse at the apex, subtruncate to deeply cordate at the base, entire, scabrid and dull green on upper surface, ± uniformly greyish-stellate-tomentose beneath, and minutely gland-dotted beneath; main nerves 7–9 from the base, lateral nerves in 5–8 pairs.
Female flowers: pedicels stout, 2 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 2–3 mm long, longer than the calyx tube, not or scarcely accrescent, oblong, 3-nerved, thick, reflexed, velutinous; disk crenulate; ovary 2 mm in diameter, 3-lobed (rarely 4-lobed), densely pubescent; styles 2 mm long, pubescent abaxially.
Male flowers: pedicels 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous; buds globose, ± glabrous except at the apex; calyx lobes 1.5 mm long, broadly ovate to suborbicular, yellowish; disk glands 8–10, conical; stamens 15–30, 1.5 mm long, anthers 0.75 mm long, pale yellow.
Male inflorescences 30–40 × 30 cm, with leaf-like bracts at the base; axes pubescent; upper bracts 1 mm long, ovate, 4–6-flowered.
Female inflorescences 20–30 × 10–15 cm; bracts 2 mm long, 1–3-flowered; otherwise as in the male.
Fruits 6–10 × 7–12 mm, 3-lobed (rarely 4-lobed), scurfily stellate-pubescent and hirsute.
Seeds 5–7 × 5 mm, ovoid, brownish, with a small caruncle.
A several-stemmed tree up to 6–12(15) m in height.
Stipules 4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent.
Twigs and petioles scurfily stellate-pubescent.
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