Small tree. Ovary, calyx and panicle caducous pale brown puberulent, petioles persistently so. Twigs c. 2 mm ø apically, smooth, with prominent ribs decurrent from leaf traces; stipule scars obscure, horizontal. Buds hidden between to 33 by 22 mm large ovate to elliptic subacute coriaceous 3-5-nerved persistent stipules. Leaves 9-30 by 2-9 cm, narrowly elliptic, coriaceous, frequently somewhat bullate; base cuneate; acumen to 2 cm long; nerves 8-11 pairs, slender but distinctly raised beneath, elevated above as also the midrib, arched, ascending, with short secondary nerves; tertiary nerves reticulate, slightly elevated on both surfaces; petiole to 3 cm long, 1-3 mm ø, drying characteristically pale cream brown rugulose. Panicle to 15 cm long, lax, irregularly branched, slender. Flower buds to 12 by 2 mm; appendages small, deltoid; style longer than ovary, slender, greatly expanding into the prominent conical stigma; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 4 by 1 mm, prominent; calyx lobes to 20 by 14 mm, ovate, subacute, loosely enclosing the base of the nut but the sides becoming completely revolute; nut to 2 cm ø, subglobose, verruculose, with 3 indistinct loculicidal sutures.
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