Tree up to 25 m high and 40 cm Ø. Bark scaly. Buttresses occasionally present, up to 1½ m high, 1½ m extending outward and 10 cm thick. Leaves with 4-5(-7) pairs of leaflets; petiole, rachis and petiolules puberulous, sometimes glabrescent. Leaflets coriaceous, shining and glabrous above except sometimes sparsely puberulous on the midrib towards the base, pubescent and glabrescent beneath; ovate-oblong, ovate, lanceolate, sometimes elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, 6½-17 by 3¼-6½ cm; base symmetric, obtuse or rounded; apex acute to acuminate; nerves 14-20 pairs, elevated and prominent below, visible or obscure above; veins loosely reticulate, faint or obscure on both surfaces; petiolules grooved or the margins incurved above, lateral ones ¾-l cm, terminal one 1¼-4 cm. Panicles up to 44 cm long, densely pubescent, loosely branched, branches up to 14 cm long; bracts ovate to lanceolate, c. 2 mm long, densely puberulous outside, glabrous inside; pedicels 0-¾ mm. Calyx 3 mm long, hairy on both surfaces; lobes triangular, c. 1½ mm long. Petals oblanceolate, glabrous, 5 by 1¼-1½ mm. Stamens c. 3 mm, inserted at the base of the disk; anthers ovoid, c. ⅔ mm long. Disk pulvinate and 4-grooved, 1½-1¾ mm Ø. ♀ Flowers not seen. Drupe ± ellipsoid, 5-5¾ by 1¾ cm; apex acuminate; enlarged calyx brown or dark brown hairy on both surfaces, tube c. ¾ cm long, lobes oblong or lanceolate, 2-3 by ½-l cm. Seed ellipsoid, c. 3 by 1½ cm.
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