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Habit : | Trees 5 m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Young branchlets stellately pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules pinnatifid, caducous; petiole to 0.7 cm long, terete, stout; lamina up to 18 x 5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base acute to rounded, margin crenate with glands at crenatures, stellate hairy when young, later glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 8-12 pairs, gradually curved; tertiary_nerves obliquely_percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual; male flowers in clusters on elongated spikes; female in short spikes. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule 1.2 cm across, 3-2 valved; seeds 3, subglobose. |