A tree of considerable size (Kirk), covered with greyish ash-coloured bark. Stipules… Petioles slender, cylindrical, 2–3 in. long, thickened at the apex. Leaves as long as or longer than the petioles, 1 1/2–2 in. wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, oblong obtuse, or elliptical, tapering at the base, entire or undulate at the margins, 1-costate, arcuate-venose. Flowers … Fruiting-pedicels solitary or 3–4 from the axils of the fallen leaves, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Carpels 2 by abortion, 1–1 1/2 in. long, oblong, tapering at the base and slightly curved, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed oblong; testa yellow, shining, membranous; tegmen fibrous; albumen 0. Cotyledons 2, flat, thick; radicle directed towards the hilum.
