Tree up to 15 m high. Leaves spaced, spiral, coriaceous, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, 10½-15½(-26) by 4½-6½(-8) cm, glabrous on both surfaces; papillae compact, covering the lower surface except the midrib, nerves, and veins; base attenuate; apex shortly and abruptly acuminate; nerves 16-24 pairs, prominent beneath, slightly elevated above; veins reticulate, distinct on both surfaces; petiole l½-3 cm. Panicles terminal and axillary, 15-35 cm long, young parts puberulous, glabrescent; lateral branches up to 18 cm, obliquely ascending; bracts lanceolate, ¾-3½ mm long; pedicels 0. Flower-buds subglobose. Calyx lobes triangular, ¾-l mm long. Petals imbricate at the apex, otherwise valvate, ovate-oblong, c. 3½ by 1½ mm, veins invisible, glabrous. Stamens 2 mm; anthers broad-ellipsoid, c. ½ mm Ø. Disk round, flat, c. 1 mm Ø, glabrous (except the pilose central part or rudimentary pistil). Ovary subglobose, c. 1 mm Ø, densely pubescent; style c. ½ mm. Drupe obliquely broadly obovoid, c. 1½ by 1¼ cm, glabrous; apex obtuse; hypocarp obconi-cal, c. ¾ by ½ cm.
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