Tree. Young branchlets sparsely appressed-pubescent at first, very soon becoming glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, spirally arranged along the branches, sparsely appressed-pubescent on the nerves otherwise glabrous, very obscurely verruculose, opaque, elliptic or obovate-ellptic, 7-14 by 4—7½ cm, acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base, with 2 or more rather conspicuous glands, black when dried, near the base of the midrib and each extending along, or in the direction of, a lateral nerve; nerves 8-9 pairs, somewhat impressed above and prominent beneath; petiole sparsely appressed-pubescent or almost glabrous, 2-4 cm. Flowers (♂ not seen) in axillary spikes up to 18 cm long; rhachis glabrous or almost glabrous. Bracts not seen. Lower receptacle (ovary) glabrous 2 mm long; upper receptacle scarcely developed. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, 2 by 1½ mm, glabrous outside, pilose inside, recurved at the apex. Filaments glabrous, 4 mm; anthers ½ mm long. Disk barbate. Style glabrous, 4 mm. Fruit unknown.
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