Medium-sized or large tree. Stipules outside, leaf bud, parts of petals exposed in bud, ovary and panicles persistently densely shortly evenly buff pubescent, twig and sepals caducously so, panicle sparsely caducously so. Twigs c. 3 mm ø apically, stout, ribbed at first, becoming terete, smooth, blackish; stipule scars obscure, falcate, downcurved. Buds to 3 by 2 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipules to 10 by 5 mm, lanceolate, acute, caducous. Leaves 9-21 by 5-13 cm, broadly elliptic-oblong, coriaceous; base obtuse to cordate; apex obtuse, acute or with short broad acumen; nerves 11-15 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, arched, at to 90° at the base, down to 30° near the apex; tertiary nerves very slender, densely scalariform; midrib applanate above, prominent and terete beneath; petiole 2-4 cm long, stout. Panicle to 4 cm long, terminal or axillary, slender; singly branched, branchlets to 1 cm long, bearing to 3 secund flowers. Flower buds to 8 by 4 mm, fusiform; sepals broadly ovate, subequal, submucronate; stamens c. 55, subequal; filaments broadly dilated and connate at base, tapering; anthers narrowly oblong, glabrous; appendages somewhat exceeding anthers, with 2-5 prominent apical bristles; ovary broadly ovoid; style short, columnar. Fruit pedicel by 2 by 3 mm, stout; calyx lobes vestigial; 3 longer lobes to 5 by 1.3 cm, obtuse, spatulate, c. 6 mm wide above the to 1.7 by 1.4 cm ovate somewhat thickened saccate base; 2 shorter lobes to 2.5 by 0.5 cm apically, otherwise similar; nut to 3.5 by 2.5 cm, large, crowned by a to 8 mm long tapering style remnant.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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