Small to large tree, 30-50 m high. Twigs finely reticulately wrinkled, brownish hairy, glabrescent. Axillary buds up to 2.8 mm long but often much smaller, rounded, densely hairy. Petiole 9-13 mm, very densely patently hairy. Leaf-blade 9-20 by 2.8-7.5 cm; above yellowish green, dull, midrib basally slightly prominent to slightly sunken and rather densely hairy, upwards sunken and glabrous, nerves and venation rather obscure; beneath glaucous-papillose, rather densely hairy especially on the nerves, secondary nerves 6-8 pairs, forming a rather distinct intramarginal nerve; basal glands perhaps always present but mostly hidden by the very prominent midrib and then scarcely visible, rarely not so and then distinct, c. 0.5 mm diam., other glands apparently few or possibly absent. Inflorescences shorter than the leaves; axes rather smooth, very densely brownish hairy, with distinct, large, prominent 'cap-like' nodal glands. Pedicel c. 4 mm, rather stout, very densely patently brownish pubescent. Sepals densely brownish patently shortly hairy at both sides; outer sepals 4 by 3.7 mm; inner sepals 5 by 4.2 mm, some with glandular spots, distinctly keeled. Petals yellow, when dry yellowish, the longest one 11 mm; carina very densely (nearly velvety) patently pubescent outside, densely pubescent inside in apical part; other petals woolly-tufted outside. Stamens: filaments nearly glabrous; anthers 0.5 mm long, cohering around the style. Ovary containing 16 ovules. Fruit globular, c. 2 cm diam., light brownish, dull, finely tuberculate; pericarp hard.
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