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| Habit : | Trees 12 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, stellately pubescent when young. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule ovate-lanceolate, stellately pubescent, caducous; petiole 0.7-5 cm long, canaliculate, swollen at apex and base; lamina 6.5-17.5 x 3.3-8.5 cm, usually elliptic, apex acute, base acute, margin entire, subcoriaceous, stellately pubescent when young; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves 5-7 pairs prominently raised beneath; tertiary_nerves distantly percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flower unisexual, monoecious; inflorescence terminal racemes; male flowers numerous in clusters and female few at the base of the inflorescence. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule subglobose, scabrous; seeds 3, globose. |