A shrub or tree, 20–30 ft. high, with densely leafy branches; all the young parts densely and finely fulvo-pubescent. Leaves ovate- to obovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate, or almost caudate, very shortly acute or almost obtuse at the base, 5–10 in. long, 2 1/2–3 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, densely fulvo-pubescent on the nerves below when unfolding, soon quite glabrous, drying brown, paler below; midrib narrow, channelled above, very prominent below; lateral nerves 4–5 on each side, distant, very obliquely ascending, indistinctly looping, slightly prominent below; veins transverse, parallel, faintly raised above, very fine; petiole terete, with a faint groove above, 3/4–1 1/4 in. long. Panicle subcorymbose, sometimes made up of several panicles springing from the axils of the uppermost leaves, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 2–2 1/2 in. wide, many-flowered, finely rusty-pubescent all over; lowest branches undivided for 1 in. or more, then like the others frequently divided with short branchlets and pedicels, 1/2–1 lin. long. Perianth finely rusty or fulvous-pubescent to velvety on both sides; segments slightly unequal, the outer oblong, 2 lin. long, the inner ovate-oblong and slightly shorter, all spreading in the open flower. Stamens of the male 1 lin. long; filaments finely and minutely pubescent along the sides, slightly longer than the anthers. Style 3/4 to almost 1 lin. long, and like the flat top of the ovary fulvo-pubescent.
