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| Habit : | Trees up to 6 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark smooth, brown. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, grey tomentose. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, subverticillate; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, subterete, densely tomentose; lamina 9-34 x 6-13 cm, obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, chartaceous, softly tomentose beneath, glabrous above except midrib; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 9-14 pairs; tertiary_nerves distantly percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Umbels solitary, 4-5 flowered with tomentose bracts; perianth segments present. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, 1 cm across; fruiting_perianth tube non-accrescent; seed 1. |