Glabrous tree, to 20 m, with spreading branches. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches; petiole to 14 cm with a small clasping base bearing a stipular ligule and a rim-like collar around the base of the petiole; blade obovate 17-30 by 10-15 cm, attenuate at the base, apex obtuse, margin entire, midrib prominent, secondary veins arched and uniting, 1.5-2 cm apart. Inflorescence a terminal compound umbel; primary rays c. 12, stout, compressed 9-17 cm long, bearing three branches at the apex; central branches and sterile flowers unknown; the two lateral branches 9-14 cm long with an articulation c. 1-2 cm from base, bearing helmet-shaped bracts which fall to reveal the terminal head of c. 12 flowers sessile on an expanded receptacle with an involucral rim c. 1 cm ø. Calyx rim 0. Corolla split into 5 lobes above, tubular below. Stamens 5. Ovary subcylindric, ± 9-celled; disk raised in the centre to the pustulate stigmas. Drupes in a spherical head, globose, c. 12 mm ø, c. 9-ribbed when dry, crowned by the prominent, persistent, confluent stigmas.
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