A tree 130 ft. high; trunk stout; branchlets twiggy, sulcate, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, gradually and obtusely acuminate, obtuse at the base, 2 1/4–3 1/4 in. long, 2/3–1 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, dark-coloured on the upper surface when dry, fuscous-brown below, glabrous; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 1/3 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of about 55°, slender, distinct below, looped near the margin; veins very lax and only slightly conspicuous below; petiole slender, 4–5 lin. long, very minutely puberulous; stipules early deciduous, glabrous. Receptacles thick and woody, borne on the trunk, pedunculate, subglobose, 1 1/2 in. in diam., shortly and densely hispid; peduncle stout, 1–1 1/4 in. long, about 2 1/2 lin. thick, shortly hispid. Basal bracts 2, soon deciduous, leaving the large orbicular basal portion closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped; bracts few, not visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle. Male flowers pedicellate: perianth-segments 3, connate at the base. Stamen solitary. Female flowers sessile or subsessile; style filiform.
