Medium-sized buttressed tree. Panicle, parts of petals exposed in bud and ovary persistently cream puberulent; calyx at first densely so, becoming sparse; twig caducously so. Twigs c. 3 mm ø, rather stout, terete, ± rugulose. Bud small, ovoid, obtuse; stipules fugaceous, not seen. Leaves 8-15 by 5-9 cm, ovate, coriaceous, lustrous above; base +-obtuse, subequal, shortly decurrent; apex shortly broadly acuminate; nerves 7-9 pairs, very slender but distinctly elevated on both surfaces as also the midrib, strongly arched, at 45°-55°; tertiary nerves subreticulate, distinctly elevated beneath, evident above; petiole 17-22 mm long, rather stout. Panicle to 14 cm long, terminal or axillary, many-flowered; doubly branched, branchlets to 3 cm long. Flower buds c. 3 by 2 mm, small, ellipsoid. Sepals broadly ovoid, the outer 3 subacuminate, the inner 2 acute. Petals cream. Stamens 15, unequal; filaments broadly compressed at base, tapering and filiform beneath the oblong anthers; appendages slender but short, +-equal in length to anthers, scarious towards apices. Ovary ovoid, tapering into the short glabrous style. Fruit subsessile; 2 longer calyx lobes to 6 by 1 cm, spatulate, obtuse, c. 3 mm broad above the c. 4 by 3 mm narrowly ovate thickened saccate tuberculate base; 2 shorter lobes to 43 by 5 mm, subacute, otherwise similar. Nut to 20 by 8 mm, narrowly ovoid.
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