A tree 20–25 ft. high (Welwitsch); young branchlets stout, leafy, glabrous, nearly 1/2 in. thick just below the apex. Leaves large, ovate-orbicular or nearly orbicular, shortly and obtusely acuminate, truncately rounded at the base or broadly cordate, 4–10 in. long, 2 1/2–8 1/2 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces; midrib flat above, prominent below, nearly 2 lin. broad at the base below, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves about 7–9 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of a little more than 45°, the lowermost pair opposite and with about 4 prominent side nerves on the lower side, the remainder gradually becoming alternate upwards, the uppermost 3–4 pairs bifurcate 1–1 1/2 in. from the margin, looped, all distinct on the upper surface, prominent below; tertiary nerves faint and rather lax below, wavy; venation delicate and close, distinct below; petiole 1 1/4–3 in. long, about 1 1/4 lin. thick, glabrous; stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate-triangular, subacutely acuminate, coriaceous, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Receptacles borne in fascicles on the older branches remote from the leaves, very shortly pedunculate, broadly obovoid-globose, with a distinct ostiole, 1–1 1/4 in. long and in diam., minutely puberulous, becoming coarsely wrinkled when dry. Basal bracts 2, suborbicular, 1/4 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, very minutely puberulous. Ostiole 2-lipped, the surrounding part subcircular and slightly elevated; orifice about 1 lin. broad; bracts not seen.
