A small tree, 11–12 ft. high; branches and branchlets glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, gradually acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 3–7 in. long, 1–3 1/2 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, entire, glabrous and somewhat dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves 5–6 on each side, looped and anastomosing well within the margin, prominent only on the lower surface; veins lax and distinct below; petiole 3–4 lin. long, slightly wrinkled, glabrous; stipules small and caducous. Male flowers fasciculate on the older wood of the branches or towards the base of the young branchlets; pedicel thickened towards the apex, 2 lin. long, puberulous. Sepals 3–6, oblong, puberulous outside. Stamens 3; filaments glabrous; anthers rounded, glabrous. Disk thick and fleshy, undulate, glabrous. Female flowers produced in a similar position to the male. Pedicels and sepals similar to those of the male. Disk annular, glabrous. Ovary ovoid glabrous, 1-celled; stigma capitate, unilateral, thick. Fruit ellipsoid, about 1/2 in. long, 5 lin. in diam. Seeds not seen.
