a large tree; branches fulvo-pubescent; leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, very obtuse, rarely subacute, subcuneate at the base, 2–3 in. long, 1–1 3/4 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, cinnamon-colour below, finely pubescent and at length glabrous above, finely fulvo-tomentellous (particularly along the nerves) when young, slowly becoming more or less glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, the lowest pair from the base or almost so, remote from the next pair, very oblique and long produced beyond the middle, transverse nerves loose, slightly raised below and above, reticulation faint and close or obscure; petioles 3–4 lin. long; panicles axillary, up to 1 1/2 in. long (including the peduncle), few- to over 12-flowered, the larger sometimes with 1 or 2 small foliage leaves in the upper part densely fulvo-pubescent or almost velvety, the uppermost often reduced to 3 or 2 on very short peduncles; bracts minute, very early deciduous; flowers subsessile in small clusters at the ends of the branchlets; perianth campanulate, up to over 1 1/2 lin. long, fulvo-tomentellous without and within; receptacle oblong, constricted at the insertion of the segments; segments ovate-oblong, subequal, about 1 lin. long; filaments pubescent; anthers equalling the filaments, ovate-oblong, subacute, outer 6 about 3/8 lin. long, inner smaller; staminal glands sessile or subsessile; staminodes subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; fruit unknown. null
