A tree 50 ft. high with a short irregular trunk and broad head; branches spreading, beset on the upper side with leafless fruiting twigs 2–4 in. long; young branchlets short, glabrous or sometimes finely puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly acuminate (acumen 3/4–4 lin. long), obtuse, truncate or slightly rounded at the base, 2–4 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dull on both surfaces when dry, glabrous, closely and finely reticulate below; midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, 1/2– 3/4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to and becoming very slender at the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 9–10 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 60°, very slender, looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces; tertiary nerves lax and inconspicuous; petiole 1–3 in. long, slender, minutely puberulous; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud lanceolate, long-acuminate, about 1/2 in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Receptacles borne in fascicles on short cushion-shaped protuberances on the main branches, pedunculate, obovoid, contracted at the base, 1 1/3 in. long, 3/4–1 in. in diam., closely spotted, softly pubescent; peduncle 3/4–1 in. long, about 1 1/4 lin. thick, angular and twisted when dry, softly pubescent. Basal bracts deciduous, leaving a small pubescent rim encircling the top of the peduncle. Ostiole slightly raised, subtomentose, 2-lipped; bracts all descending into the receptacle, the pair nearest the orifice linear, obtuse, 3 lin. long, somewhat fleshy, glabrous, the others acutely acuminate. Male flowers shortly pedicellate: perianth-segments obovate-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, glabrous. Stamen solitary, accompanied by a slender style produced at the base of the filament; filament 1/2 lin. long; anther-cells diverging at the base; connective slightly produced at the apex. Female flowers with acutely acuminate perianth-segments. Style slender, the stigmas of several flowers cohering.
