Shrub or small tree, 1—7(—13) m tall, 5-20 cm diam., with rhizomes which spread under the forest litter. Foliage buds 6-15 mm long by 1.5-3 mm diam. Juvenile leaves 14-18 by 1.5-2.1 cm. Adult leaves 8-17 by 1-1.5 cm; petiole 3-5 mm; midrib above 0.5-0.8 mm wide and 0.4 mm high, drying to a channel below. Pollen cones 3.5-7.5 cm, sessile or with a short peduncle. Primary pollen cone bud scales 4-5 mm long. Seed-bearing structure on a 1 mm peduncle; foliola 3-4 mm; receptacle 8-10 mm long. Seed with its covering 8-10 by 6 mm with a small crest.
Scattered in understory ofAgathis forest or forming a major element in thickets along the margins of clearings, mostly on sandy, podzolic soils, ke-rangas, sandstone, humic peaty podsols of raised beaches, and peat-swamp forest, from sea-level to occasionally as much as 500 m. Sometimes associated with Dryobalanops rappa or Shorea albida.
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