a tree; young branchlets shortly pubescent or almost tomentose; leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, rounded or slightly and obtusely pointed at the apex, rounded at or slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 1 1/2–4 1/2 in. long, 3/4–2 in. broad, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, sometimes finely pustulate above; lateral nerves 6–8 on each side of the midrib, straight or curved, looped within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, more prominent below; tertiary nerves and veins usually nearly as prominent as the principal lateral ones, more or less straw-coloured; petiole up to 1 1/2 in. long, glabrous; stipules caducous; receptacles axillary, paired or solitary, pedunculate, globose or ovoid-globose, 4–5 lin. long, brownish, pubescent when dry, sometimes woolly-pubescent; peduncle 1–2 1/2 lin. long, shortly pubescent; basal bracts caducous, pubescent; ostiole pore-like, protruded, with the bracts descending vertically into the receptacle, glabrous; male flowers with a membranous glabrous perianth and a single stamen; female flower sessile; style slender; gall-flowers staked. null
