Medium-sized tree. Young twig, petiole and calyx densely evenly +-caducous pale ocherous buff pubescent; panicle, ovary, fruit pedicel and part of petals exposed in bud persistently so. Twig c. 2 mm ø apically, terete, rugulose, drying dark brown. Leaves 8-21 by 2-7 cm, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, coriaceous, +-lustrous, margin subrevolute; base cuneate or occasionally obtuse; acumen to 1 cm long or short, tapering; nerves 12-14 pairs, arched, slender but ± distinctly and equally elevated on both surfaces as also the midrib, short ± obscure secondary nerves, and densely reticulate tertiary nerves; petiole 13-25 mm long, slender. Panicle to 14 cm long, terminal or axillary, +-irregularly doubly branched. Flower buds to 10 by 3 mm; sepals narrowly lanceolate, unequal; anthers ellipsoid; appendage very small; style as long as ovary, short, capitate; stigma deltoid; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 4 mm long, slender; calyx lobes unequal, free to base; 2 longer lobes to 4.5 by 1.7 cm, spatulate, acute, c. 5 mm broad at base; 3 shorter lobes to 20 by 5 mm, lanceolate, subacu-minate; nut to 7 mm ø, subglobose.
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