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*A medium-sized to very large tree up to 60 m tall, bole up to 95 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1.5 m high, crown characteristically coppery; leaves .*Leaves oblong to broadly ovate, 9-15 cm × 3.5-7 cm, with 12-18 pairs of secondary veins prominent and purplish-brown scabrid tomentose beneath, lower surface golden to silver lepidote; petals .*Petals narrow, stamens 30-40; fruit .*Fruit calyx lobes unequal, three larger ones up to 8 cm × 2.4 cm.  ''S. exelliptica'' is fairly common on leached clay soils on undulating land, ridges and plateaux up to 600 m altitude. The density of the wood is 865-1045 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.