A tall tree with a broad crown; branchlets glabrous, wrinkled when dry. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, very shortly, obtusely and rather abruptly acuminate, more or less narrowly cuneate at the base, 4–6 in. long, 1 1/4–2 in. broad, entire, rigidly subcoriaceous, dull brown on both surfaces when dry, glabrous; midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 7–8 on each side of the midrib, the upper diverging from it at a wide angle, the lower more oblique, looped well within the margin, prominent below; veins rather close, prominent below; petiole 1/2 in. long, glabrous; stipules deciduous, small, glabrous. Receptacles axillary, sessile, in pairs, subglobose, a little over 1/2 in. in diam., obsoletely and sparingly warted, glabrous. Basal bracts 2, soon deciduous, closely adpressed to the receptacle. Ostiole 2-lipped, slightly prominent; bracts not visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Male flowers with 3 perianth-segments and a solitary stamen. Female perianth-segments ovate, acute. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth; style shorter than the achene.
