A tree 15–30 ft. high; branchlets more or less angular, glabrous and shining. Leaves elongate-oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate, rounded and slightly unequal at the base, 12–15 in. long, 4–5 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, serrate, with teeth about 3/4 in. apart, shining, glabrous and closely reticulate on both surfaces; midrib prominent on both surfaces; lateral nerves 14–16 on each side, looped and anastomosing well within the margin, distinct on both surfaces; cross nerves and veins prominent, the latter very close and forming a fine network; petiole stout, about 4 lin. long, grooved on the upper side, finely and closely wrinkled, glabrous; stipules ovate, coriaceous, about 2 lin. long, deciduous. Male flowers large, produced in fascicles on the old wood; bracts ovate, coriaceous, ribbed, glabrous; pedicel 1/2– 3/4 in. long, glabrous. Sepals 5, elliptic, 4 lin. long, 2 1/2 lin. broad, rather thin, glabrous on both sides, margin minutely ciliolate. Stamens numerous, inserted around the margin of the fleshy glabrous disk; anthers 1 1/2 lin. long. Female flowers not known.
