Large tree. Midrib above, bud and stipule outside shortly evenly persistently ocherous pubescent, twig caducously so; twig, midrib above, petiole and leaf beneath yellowish lepidote. Twig 1.5-2 mm ø apically, ribbed, becoming terete, smooth; stipule scars short, falcate, descending. Stipule to 7 by 4 mm, oblong-ovate, subacute, fugaceous. Leaves 8.5-17 by 3.5-8 cm, ovate to narrowly elliptic, coriaceous, yellowish lepidote beneath; margin undulate distally; base cuneate to obtuse; acumen to 1.5 cm long, slender; nerves 11-16 pairs, prominent beneath, straight, oblique at 30°-50°, with small subglabrous axillary domatia; tertiary nerves slender, scalariform; midrib depressed above, prominent beneath; petiole 10-16 mm long, rather short, terete. Panicle to 14 cm long, terminal or axillary, ribbed, shortly sparsely puberulent; singly branched, branchlets to 2.5 cm long, bearing to 5 secund flowers; bracteoles fugaceous. Flower buds to 10 by 2 mm, fusiform. Calyx pubescent on parts exposed in bud; lobes ovate; inner 2 subacuminate, smaller than outer 3; outer 3 subacute. Petals pale yellow, linear, pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens c. 33; filaments glabrous, broad and compressed at base, tapering abruptly and filiform distally; anthers elliptic-oblong, glabrous; appendage to connective as long as anther, setose, the apical bristles longer and exceeding length of anther; ovary and stylopodium pyriform, densely pubescent, crowned by a short glabrous filiform style. Fruit calyx lobes sparsely puberulent basally, glabrous distally; 3 longer lobes to 8.5 by 1.7 cm, narrowly spatulate, obtuse, to c. 3 mm broad above the to 10 by 6 mm narrowly elliptic thickened saccate base; 2 shorter lobes to 6 by 0.4 cm, subacute, similar at base. Nut to 15 by 10 mm, ovoid, densely evenly pale buff pubescent; stylopodium to 3 mm long, slender.
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