A tree 15–20 ft. high; head widely spreading, hemispherical, depressed at the top; branchlets subterete, shortly stellate-pubescent. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, slightly rounded at the base, gradually acuminate to a subacute apex, 2–4 in. long, 3/4–1 3/4 in. broad, rather obscurely serrate, thinly chartaceous or almost membranous, shortly stellate-pubescent on both surfaces, at length glabrous above; lateral nerves 4–6 on each side, ascending, slightly impressed above, prominent below; veins few and inconspicuous; petiole 1/2–2 in. long, rather slender, shortly stellate-pubescent; stipules linear-subulate, 1 1/4 lin. long, pubescent. Flowers monœcious, subsessile on the axis of the inflorescence, the upper third male, the lower two-thirds female, the whole 4 1/2–5 in. long; axis hirsute with yellow stellate hairs; bracts linear, pubescent, 1–2 lin. long. Male flowers: Sepals 5, connate at the base, broadly ovate, subacute, 1/2 lin. long, pubescent outside. Petals 5, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 lin. long, villous at the base on both sides, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 15; filaments terete, glabrous; anther-cells distinct, one slightly larger than the other. Receptacle densely villous. Female flowers: Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1 1/4 lin. long, stellate-pubescent on the outside. Petals absent. Disk-segments opposite the sepals, ovate-triangular, obtuse, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, tomentose with yellow hairs; styles 3, bilobed to the base; segments linear, glabrous and black towards the apex, about 1 lin. long. Young fruits ovoid, rusty tomentellous, 4 lin. long, 2 1/2 lin. in diam.
