Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literatures
| Habit : | Deciduous trees, up to 35 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark brownish, flaking in small scales, lenticellate; blaze reddish. |
| Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, minutely grey pubescent. |
| Exudates : | Latex white, profuse. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules small caducous, leaving scars on either side of petiole; petiole 1-3 cm long, terete, grey pubescent; lamina 10-30. 5 x 5.5-11 (-16) cm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute to rounded or subtruncate, margin entire (sometimes serrate when young), coriaceous, glabrous above except midrib, velvety grey pubescent beneath; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves 10-14 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary; flowers unisexual; male flowers in globose heads, peduncles 1-1.8 cm long; female flowers in globose heads, anthocarp completely united. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Syncarp (sorosis), to 5 cm across, subglobose, yellow when ripe; seeds many. |