Branchlets covered with greyish or straw-coloured bark, glabrous except at the base of the petiole. Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, very shortly and obtusely acuminate, more or less cuneate at the base, 2–4 in. long, 1–2 1/4 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull and glabrous on both surfaces, often paler below; midrib flat above, prominent below, gradually tapered to the apex or nearly to the apex of the leaf-blade; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 65°–75°, distinct on the lower surface, prominently looped near the margin; tertiary nerves and veins laxly reticulate below; petiole comparatively short, 1/3– 3/4 in. long, with a ring of short hairs around the base; stipules caducous. Receptacles in axillary pairs or solitary, pedunculate, subglobose, about 5 lin. in diam., wrinkling when dry, glabrous; peduncle 3–4 lin. long, slender, glabrous. Basal bracts caducous, leaving a fairly broad circular persistent base closely appressed to the base of the receptacle. Ostiole small and pore-like; bracts all descending into the receptacle, glabrous. Male flowers with a solitary stamen.
