Large tree. Twigs and buds shortly evenly fugaceous buff pubescent; leaves glabrous. Twig c. 3 by 2 mm ø apically, at first compressed, somewhat lustrous; stipule scars c. 3 mm long, pale, prominent, ascending. Bud to 5 by 3 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipules unknown. Leaves 14-24 by 6-15 cm, large, +-broadly ovate to elliptic; base broadly cuneate to subcordate; acumen to 1 cm long; nerves 11-15 pairs, obscure above, prominent beneath, at 40°-55° to the midrib; tertiary nerves sinuate, densely scalariform; midrib hardly elevated above, prominent beneath; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, stout. Panicle to 12 cm long, terminal or axillary, subterete, densely shortly tufted buff pubescent, singly or doubly branched, branchlets to 3 cm long; bracteoles to 4 by 2 mm, ovate, densely shortly pubescent, fugaceous. Flowers secund; bud to 10 by 3 mm, narrowly ovoid, with the calyx somewhat spreading. Calyx sericeous in parts exposed in bud; sepals narrowly ovate, subacute, the inner 2 smaller, relatively broader, than the outer 3. Petals cream, linear, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 47-52; filaments compressed, tapering, glabrous; anthers oblong, tapering distally, glabrous; appendage to connective exceeding length of anther, densely setose. Ovary and stylopodium pyriform, densely pubescent, crowned by a glabrous columnar style. Mature fruit unknown; sparsely shortly pubescent at first. Calyx lobes unequal, 3 long and two short, spatulate, subacute. Nut crowned by a short, c. 1 mm long, apiculus.
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