Medium-sized tree. Young parts glabrescent; panicles, parts of petals exposed in bud, calyx and ovary densely persistently pale rufous puberulent. Twigs c. 1 mm ø apically, much branched, terete, smooth, blackish. Buds small, ovoid; stipule to 2 by 1 mm, ovate, acute, fugaceous. Leaves 6-10 by 2-4.5 cm, narrowly ovate, coriaceous; margin subrevolute; base cuneate, subequal; acumen to 2 cm long, slender, prominent; nerves 4-6 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, hardly elevated above as also the midrib, arched, ascending at 45°-50°; tertiary nerves densely subreticulate, barely elevated beneath; petiole 8-12 mm long, slender. Panicles to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, slender; singly branched, branchlets to 2 cm long; bracteoles and flowers unknown. Fruit pedicel to 3 mm long, stout; calyx lobes to 10 by 8 mm, short, subequal, subacuminate, saccate, thickened, appressed to the base of the nut. Nut to 32 by 10 mm, narrowly ovoid-lanceolate, tapering, acute.
Home