Tree; young branches with dense, dark-ferrugineous tomentum, ± concealing the sparse pallid elongate-elliptic lenticels. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, shortly (1 cm) acute-acuminate, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, olivaceous, glabrous and shining above, pallid and dull beneath, 12-20 by 3-5 cm; midrib slightly impressed above, very prominent beneath, lateral nerves suberect-ascend-ing, in 5 pairs, nearly flat above, prominent beneath, veins laxly reticulate and little raised; petiole at first brownish-ferrugineous-hirsute, later glabrescent at least at one side, rather thick, 1.5 mm diam., 2-3 cm. ♂ Flowers: buds in 5-8 cm long spike-like dark-ferrugineous-tomentose racemes. ♀ Inflorescence not seen. Immature fruit ovoid-subglobose, ± ferrugineous-tomentose, apparently 2-seeded.
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