Tree, 25-30 m, c. 50 cm ø; bark grey, scaly and peeling off profusely into rectangular pieces. Branchlets initially with dense stiff pubescence, gla-brescent, lenticellate; terminal bud ovoid-globose, 3-5 by 2-3 mm. Stipules linear-acute, 3-4 by ½-1 mm, densely fulvous-tomentose by simple hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 7-17 by 3-7 cm, remotely serrulate in the apical half; base acute or rounded or subcordate, top acute or ½-1½ cm acuminate; above glabrous, beneath sparsely stellate-tomentose; midrib and nerves prominent beneath, impressed above; nerves c. 9-13 pairs, parallel, at an angle of c. 45°; reticulation distinct beneath, scalariform, dense; petiole 1½-3½ cm, shallowly furrowed, glabrous. Male rachis 5-7 cm, densely stiff pubescent; bracts ovate-acute, 1½-2 by 1-1½ mm, glabrous; ♂ flowers: perianth membr anous, glabrous; filaments slender, glabrous, c. 2 mm; anthers c. 0.7 mm long, Female rachis 3-7 cm, subglabrous, carrying c. 3-7 flowers, bracts ovate-acute; ♀ flowers: staminodes absent, styles free, recurved, c. 2 mm, hairy at base. Cupule deeply cup-shaped, 3-3½ cm through; base attenuate-rounded; lamellae thin, 9-11, lower ones denticulate, the others entire, yellowish brown tomentose. Fruit ovoid-globose or ovoid-cylindrical, 2½-3½ by 2-3 cm, top rounded or abruptly depressed, base rounded or flat.
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