A small tree; branchlets terete, softly and densely shortly tomentose when young, at length becoming puberulous or nearly glabrous. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, obtusely or subobtusely caudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 4 1/2–7 in. long, 2–3 in. broad, acumen about 3/4 in. long, entire, thinly and rigidly chartaceous, dull and very finely scabrous on both surfaces; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 3/4 lin. broad at the base, minutely puberulous on both surfaces; lateral nerves subopposite, 6–9 on each side of the midrib, distinct on both surfaces, more prominent beneath, looped three or four times near the margin, slightly curved, arising from the midrib at an angle of about 40°; veins distinct on both surfaces, prominent below, rather close; petiole 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, about 1 lin. thick at the base, softly puberulous; stipules lanceolate, 1/4 in. long, shortly tomentose, deciduous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, about 1/2 in. in diam. or slightly more, puberulous; peduncle about 3 lin. long, softly shortly tomentose; basal bracts 3, ovate, obtuse, 3/4–1 lin. long, shortly pubescent outside. Ostiole not prominent, with about three to five free imbricate bracts visible from the outside; upper bracts imbricate, spreading horizontally across the ostiole, suborbicular, submembranous, the lower descending, lanceolate, obtuse, 1–1 1/4 lin. long, with membranous margins. Male flowers several near the ostiolar bracts, shortly pedicellate; perianth enclosing the solitary sessile obtuse anther. Female flowers with perianth similar to the male; style with 2-fid filiform stigmas.
