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Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina 7·5–12 x 2·5–3 cm., chartaceous, narrowly elliptic, sparsely sericeous when young but soon glabrescent, apex acute or shortly acuminate, base cuneate to narrowly cuneate; lateral nerves 10–16 pairs, slightly conspicuous above but rather inconspicuous beneath; petiole up to 3(3·5) mm. long, rather slender.
Small deciduous or semi-deciduous tree 7–10 m. high or shrub; crown flat-rounded or rounded; bark pale-brown to grey-black, fissured; branchlets sparsely sericeous-tomentose to glabrous with purplish-brown to purplish-black bark peeling off to reveal a light-brown newly exposed surface.
Fruit purplish-brown, 4·5–5·5 x 2·5–3 cm., broadly elliptic, glabrous, apex obtuse to rounded and emarginate, base acute to subtruncate, stipe 5–7 cm. long.
Inflorescences of axillary spikes up to 10 cm. long; peduncle up to 3 cm. long, usually glabrous.
Lower receptacle glabrous or very sparsely pubescent; upper receptacle glabrous.
Stamens 3 mm. long; anthers 0·4–0·5 mm. long.
Sepals deltate to triangular.
Flowers cream or white.
Disk pilose.
