Tree to 20 m tall. Young growth rusty-or rusty-and grey-sericeous; indumentum often persisting on leaves and branchlets. Leaves: petiole 2-35 mm long; lamina with margins not undulate, discolorous, shiny above, dull below; juvenile leaves pinnately 3-7-lobed, lanceolate or elliptic, 1.8-3 cm wide; adult leaves simple, elliptic, broadly elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 5.5-15 cm long, 1.7-7 cm wide, attenuate at base, obtuse or acute at apex, with 3-5 major longitudinal veins. Conflorescence axillary, borne singly or in dichasial cymes, ferruginous or grey-tomentose; peduncle 12-27 mm long; umbel of 40-50 flowers. Flowers 7-9 mm long, cream, ferruginous or grey-tomentose; pedicel 5-12 mm long. Hypogynous gland well-developed, covering most of receptacle, oblique, horse-shoe shaped. Follicles linear, 3-8 cm long, woody. Seeds not seen.
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