A tree; branchlets hispid. Leaves elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, slightly acuminate, rounded or only very slightly narrowed to the base, 4 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, about 2 1/2 in. broad, membranous, hispidulous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 7–9 on each side, faintly looped and reticulate towards the margin, slightly conspicuous on the lower surface; petiole 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, slightly sulcate, hispid with yellowish-brown hairs; stipules small, subulate. Male inflorescences simple or subsimple, crowded on the older wood at the base of the young shoots; bracts ovate, densely pubescent; pedicels very short. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Disk-glands large and fleshy, contiguous, densely pubescent. Stamens 5; anther-cells distinct. Rudimentary ovary columnar, very hairy. Female racemes in clusters, arising from the old wood, up to 3 1/2 in. long; axis rather densely puberulous, somewhat stout; bracts ovate-triangular, acute, pubescent; pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 5-partite; segments ovate-triangular, sparingly ciliolate. Disk somewhat fleshy, cupular and enclosing about half of the glabrous ovary, sparingly pubescent on both sides.
