Very large, prominently buttressed tree. Leaf bud and stipule persistently unevenly shortly fulvous pubescent, twig caducously so. Leaf beneath and petiole persistently shortly subscabrid pale grey-green pubescent. Twig 1-2 mm ø apically, slender, terete, becoming smooth; stipule scar small, horizontal to descending, frequently obscure. Bud to 3 by 2 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipule to 5 by 2 mm, ovate to lorate, acute, caducous. Leaves 7-12 by 2.3-6 cm, elliptic to ovate, somewhat chartaceous, pale mauve when fresh; base cuneate to obtuse, acumen to 1.5 cm, long, slender; nerves 10-13 pairs, at 45°-55°, slender, raised beneath; tertiary nerves subscalariform; midrib applanate to slightly depressed above, prominent beneath; petiole 10-15 mm long. Panicle to 7 cm long, terete or ribbed, slender, densely persistently pale fulvous scabrid pubescent; shortly singly branched, branchlets ascending, bearing to 4 flowers. Buds to 9 by 3 mm, lanceolate. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, densely sericeous on parts exposed in bud, the inner 2 fimbriate, somewhat shorter than the outer 3. Petals pale yellow, narrowly lanceolate, strongly contorted, sericeous on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, in 3 unequal verticils; filaments broad and compressed at base, tapering to the large broadly ellipsoid anthers; appendage to connective slender, c. 2 times length of anther at anthesis. Ovary and stylopodium pyriform, shortly densely pubescent; style slender, columnar, glabrous, as long as ovary and stylopodium. Fruit sessile. Calyx sparsely pubescent; 3 longer lobes to 9 by 1.5 cm, spatulate, obtuse, c. 3 mm broad above the to 6 by 4 mm elliptic saccate tuberculate thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 7 by 0.4 cm, linear, obtuse, similar at base. Nut to 2.3 by 1.2 cm, ellipsoid, acute, shortly evenly densely buff pubescent.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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