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| Habit : | Trees up to 15 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, lenticellate, flush fulvous tomentose. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole to 2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, tomentose; lamina to 6.5-11.5 x 3.5-5.8 cm, generally obovate or sometimes elliptic-oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, tomentose beneath at least when young; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 6 pairs, strong; tertiary_nerves distantly percurrent, strong. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary slender panicles, tomentose. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, 1 cm across; seed 1. |