Tree up to c. 13 m high. Leaflets (1—)3—4(—5) pairs, chartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 6-11 by 2-3¾ cm, puberulous on both surfaces, usually glabrescent except sometimes on the midrib, nerves and veins; base cuneate or rounded; apex acuminate; nerves 9-16 pairs, petiolules c. 2 mm, the terminal one longer. Panicles up to 23 cm long, pubescent; bracts lanceolate, 1/6 mm long; pedicels c. ½ mm. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, ⅓-½ mm long. Petals broadly elliptic or ovate, 1½ by ¾-1 mm. Stamens c. 1 mm; anthers erect. Disk c. 1 mm Ø. Ovary c. ¾ mm Ø. Drupe ellipsoid, 2-2½ by ¾-1 cm, scurfy. Seed lanceolate, compressed, 1 1/5 by ⅓ cm.
On limestone at sea-level; on P. Langgun, NW. Langkawi, a complete dominant, in Dec.-Febr. conspicuous by the white stems and bare crown carrying towards the end of the dry season abundant flowers and just emerging leaves (VAN BALGOOY). Fl.--06; Fr. Aug., Nov.
Home