Small tree, nearly glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, shining, glabrous except for the bearded (or glandular pitted) nerve-axils on the underside, ovate or elliptic, (6-)8—15 by (3-)6-8 cm, apex broadly and obtusely acuminate to nearly rounded, base rounded or slightly decurrent-cuneate, margins entire or remotely undulate-dentate; nervation rather prominent beneath; primary nerves 6-8 on each side, anastomosing; petiole 2-4 cm. Inflorescence umbellate, corymbiform, 5-10 cm across, axes thinly stellate-pubescent, glabrescent; peduncle stout, 2-4 cm long; primary rays 5-7. Bracteoles very small, caducous before anthesis. Calyx-limb obscurely lobed. Corolla broad-tubular, obovoid in bud, glabrous, tube about 2½ mm, lobes erect, rounded, about 1½ mm. Stamens exserted; filaments adnate to base of corolla, in the flower-bud inflexed at the top, about 6 mm; anthers oblong, 1½-2 mm. Ovary cylindric, glabrous, 1 mm long. Drupe ovate to nearly orbicular, compressed, 5 by 5 mm. Endocarp obscurely undulate in cross-section, with 2 shallow dorsal grooves and 1 shallow ventral groove.
In primary forests; altitude according to MERRILL ( MERRILL Philip. J.Sc. 4 1909 Bot. 329 ) 300-450 m, according to MERRILL ( MERRILL En. Philip. 3 1923 577 ), 1000-1400 m.
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