A tree up to 50 ft. high; branchlets thick, terete, glabrous. Leaves ovate, slightly attenuated to the apex, slightly and rather widely cordate or rounded at the base, 4–7 in. long, 2 3/4–4 1/2 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces or slightly shining above; midrib slightly raised above, prominent below, about 1 1/4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves numerous, about 16 on each side of the midrib, several radiating from the base of the midrib, the others diverging from it at an angle of 55°, nearly straight, prominently looped near the margin, very slender and slightly prominent on both surfaces; tertiary nerves laxly reticulate, distinct on both surfaces; veins very fine and scarcely visible; petiole 1 1/2–3 in. long, widened towards the base, glabrous; stipules early deciduous. Receptacles fasciculate on the stem (or perhaps the main branches), pedunculate, broadly ellipsoid-globose, truncate at both ends, with a sunken beak-like ostiole, 2/3– 3/4 in. long, 2/3 in. in diam., slightly wrinkled and deep straw-coloured when dry, glabrous; peduncle about 1/2 in. long, about 3/4 lin. thick, thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Basal bracts early deciduous, their bases connate and expanded into a glabrous plate-like disc closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped; bracts all descending into the receptacle. Receptacular wall firm, 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. thick. Male flowers shortly pedicellate; stamen solitary.
