Tree, c. 19 m, c. 30 cm ø; bark smooth or finely fissured. Branchlets initially densely brownish pubescent, late glabrescent, lenticellate; terminal buds ovoid-globose, c. 3 by 2 mm, scales ovate, glabrous. Stipules linear-acute, 8-10 by 1 mm, densely woolly rufous-tomentose by simple hairs. Leaves thin-coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, 1-5½ by 1½-3½ cm; base attenuate-rounded or attenuate-acute, slightly asymmetrical, margin entire, apex rounded or truncate-emarginate; above glabrous, underneath sparsely pubescent, glabrescent; midrib and nerves slightly prominent beneath, flattened or impressed above; nerves 4-5 pairs, at an angle of 60-70°, parallel, arcuating towards the margin; reticulation obscure on both surfaces; petiole 1-5 mm, adaxially flat. Cupule cup-shaped, obconical, 1-1½ cm through, base attenuate-acute, covering ¼-⅓ part of the fruit; lamellae thin, 6-7, densely tomentose, denticulate. Fruit ovoid-conical, 1½-2 by 1-1½ cm, densely tomentose, glabrescent; top attenuate-acute, base convex.
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