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Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Thrives in the Himalayas, at an elevation of 1200-1400 m.
It is tree growing up to 15 m tall.
Stem is composed of dark brown bark, rough with wart-like structures, and peels off in thin layers. Inner bark is brittle, pale yellow to yellowish-brown with orange-brown streaks. Young branches are thick and densely covered with fine, soft hairs.
Leaves are nearly circular in arrangement on the stem, thick and leathery to papery in texture. Obovate to oblong, measuring 3-5 cm wide and 12-19 cm long, tapering towards the tip with a pointed base. Upper leaf surface is smooth, while the lower surface is paler with soft, sparse hairs. Leafstalk is slender, about 1-1.5 cm long.
Flowers are born in the leaf axils and behind the leaves. Main flower cluster stalk is thick, 0-1 cm long, holding stalkless umbels of flowers. Flowers have large, hairy bracts. Male flowers have hairy flower stalks of 0.3-0.4 cm length, narrow, pointed, hairy tepals of 0.2-0.3 cm length, and protruding stamens of 0.4 cm length with glands at the base. Female flowers have flower stalks of 0.4-0.5 cm length, a 0.2 cm long style, and an inconspicuous stigma.
Fruit is elliptical in shape, measuring 1 cm wide and 2 cm long. Fruit cup is inconspicuous, about 0.5 cm in diameter at the tip, and not distinctly separated from the flower stalk.
Flowering: March-April.