Low-spreading, small trees, up to 20 m tall, up to 8 cm diam., crown up to about 8 m diam. Outer bark smooth to flaky, brownish grey; inner bark up to 2.5 cm thick, pinkish to smooth brown, laminated; sapwood soft, whitish, yellow to yellowish pink. Branchlets greyish brown, c. 5 mm diam., finely grooved, leaf-scars conspicuous. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; blade obovate, elliptic to oblanceolate, (4-)8-25 by (2-)6 cm, papyraceous, withering red, base decurrent, margin serrulate, apex acuminate, acumen up to 2 cm long, slender, tip sharp; midrib strongly prominent beneath, prominulous above, lateral nerves (8-)14-18 pairs, making an angle of c. 60° with the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, prominulous above, arcuately and faintly anastomosing near the margin, reticulation dense, distinct beneath, faint above. Inflorescences terminal racemes, (1-)2-5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, few to 7-9 flowered; bracts distinct. Flowers white to pale green (fresh); pedicel 2-10 mm long, 1-3 mm thick. Calyx an obconical tube, 8-10 mm long, base stipitate; lobes ovate, 3-6 by 3-8 mm, apex rounded. Petals obovate to oblong, 2.5-3.5 by 1-1.7 cm, papyraceous, apex rounded. Staminal tube 5-10 mm long; filaments 5-8 cm long; anthers oblong, c. 0.5 by 0.8 mm. Disc a rim, c. 2 mm high. Ovary 4-locular, up to 20 ovules per loculus; style up to 7 cm long, stigma capitate. Infructescences persistent, terminal, rachis up to 5 cm long, sometimes angular; pedicels 3-10 mm long, 1-3 mm thick. Fruits globular to ovoid, 2-3 by 1.5-2 cm, crowned with persistent calyx and style (up to 7 cm long), base with 2-3 mm long neck, slightly ribbed, 4-celled; septa thin. Seeds 4-11 in each loculus, ovoid to pyramidal, slightly curved, tetragonous, sides concave, 7-9 by 3-5 mm; seedcoat coriaceous, silvery brown, c. 0.5 mm thick; embryo coiled, covered by very thin membrane.
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