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Habit : | Trees 16 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark grey, smooth. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, finely grey pubescent, glaucous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules large, caducous; petiole 5-31 cm long ; lamina 13.5-30 x 10.5-18.5 cm, peltate, orbicular-ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded, subcoriaceous, tawny pubescent and resinous yellow glands beneath; nerves 8-9, radiating from the centre. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual, dioecious; inflorescence panicle with zigzag branches, bracts linear with large flat glandular appendage; male flowers in clusters per bract; female flowers few per bract. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, globose; seed 1. |