Medium-sized to large tree. Young twigs, petioles and panicles persistently pale ferruginous scabrid pubescent, ovary and perianth outside densely puberulent, fruit calyx glabrescent. Twig c. 2 mm ø apically, ribbed, pale brown. Bud to 3 by 2 mm, ovoid, acute; stipule fugaceous. Leaf 7-18 by 2.8-6 cm, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous; base broadly cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, slender, prominent; nerves 10-17 pairs, arched, slender but distinctly elevated beneath, less elevated above as also midrib and the subscalariform tertiary nerves; petiole 2-4(-5) cm long, c. 2 mm ø, slender. Panicle to 7 cm long, terminal or axillary, irregularly branched. Flower bud to 6 by 2 mm; appendages very short, hardly exceeding anthers; style columnar, slightly longer than ovary, broadening distally into the prominent long slender conical stigma; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 5 by 1 mm, slender, prominent; 2 longer calyx lobes to 7 by 1.5 cm, spatulate, obtuse, c. 4 mm wide at base; 3 shorter lobes to 25 by 7 mm, lanceolate, acute; nut to 8 by 8 mm, ovoid, apiculate.
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