Small to large tree, young branches slender, finely puberulous. Leaves papyraceous, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 6-11 by 2.5-5 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margin entire, midrib and principal veins evident, reticulations rather obscure, when young covered in appressed minute hairs which persist on the midrib and sometimes on the principal veins; petiole 5-10 mm. ? Monoecious. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, few flowered pleiochasia, rachis, branches and bracts pubescent, rachis slender, with a long peduncle before the first branches, at flowering 4-6 cm long. Male receptacle turbinate with an expanded rim, 3 m high, 5-6 mm ø, the upper surface glabrous, the sides puberulous; tepals minute. Female receptacle similar to male, carpels numerous, ovary densely pilose, style awl-shaped, gla-brous. Fruiting receptacle leathery, c. 10 mm ø. Drupes ovoid, 15 by 10 mm, verruculose, c, 4-5 mm stipitate.
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