Tree up to 10 m high and 50 cm Ø. Leaves spaced, spiral, subcoriaceous, obovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic, 6½-15 by 3¼-6cm; above glabrous except the sparsely puberulous midrib, beneath sparsely puberulous, usually glabrescent, papillae distinct, covering the surface except the midrib, nerves, and veins; base cuneate or attenuate; apex acute, sometimes abruptly acuminate; nerves 8-12 pairs, elevated beneath, distinct above; veins reticulate, distinct beneath, rather faint above; petiole ¾-1¼ cm. Panicles terminal, sometimes also axillary, 3-7 cm long, densely tomentose; lateral branches obliquely ascending, up to 2½ cm; bracts ovate, ovate-elliptic, or elliptic, ½-2 mm long; pedicels 0. Flower-buds subglobose. ♂ Flowers: Calyx lobes triangular, c. 1 mm long. Petals imbricate, oblong-elliptic, 2½-4 by 1-1½ mm, sericeous outside, with c. 5 longitudinal veins. Stamens 3-5 mm; anthers c. ⅔ mm long. Disk round, flat, c. 1 mm Ø, pilose above. ♀ Flowers not seen. Drupe (young) broad-obovoid, c. 1¼ by ¾ cm, velutinous; apex obtuse; hypocarp pulvi-nate, c. ⅔ cm long and wide.
Forest, up to 800 m. Fl. May, Sept., Nov.; fr. Febr.-March, June.
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