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Ornamental- A featured ornamental tree and street tree, or pruned as a hedge. Wood - Fuelwood: The wood is used for fuel. Wood - Construction: The tree yields a valuable wood. The wood is used for house building in Nepal and Bhutan.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Thrives in the subtropical biome, at an elevation of 1500-2400 m.
It is evergreen tree growing up to 30 m tall.
Stem is covered with grayish-white, velvety hair, as are the buds and leaf stalks. A stipular scar, about 2 cm long, is also present.
Leaves are elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, measuring 10-22 cm long and 5-7 cm wide. Upper surface is green, while the underside is grayish. Leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long.
Flowers are large, white with narrowly obovate-spoon-shaped petals, 5-7 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide. Stamens are 1.2-1.7 cm long.
Fruit is an aggregate, measuring 4-7 cm in length. It is composed of individual carpels, each nearly obovoid in shape and approximately 1.5 cm long.