Branchlets glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1.5-5.2 cm long; blade thickly coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 4.6-25 by 1.7-11.6 cm, 1.6-3.1 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to abruptly acuminate or apiculate, base rounded to obtuse, 8-12 strong pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation oblique to midrib, glabrous above and beneath. Inflorescence mostly axillary delicate cymes, sometimes also terminal, glabrous, 3-23 cm long; pedicels 2.1-4 mm long, bracteoles at base. Sepals ovate, 0.6-1 by 0.3-0.6 mm, 1.2-3 times as long as wide, apex acute to rounded, glabrous. Corolla pinkish or cream coloured; tube 1.4-2.3 mm long, 0.5-1.1 times as long as lobes; lobes 1.7-2.9 by 0.5-1 mm; glabrous outside, pubescent on inside of lobes and in tube. Stamens inserted at 0.5-0.7 mm from corolla base which is 0.3-0.4 of tube length; anthers 0.6-0.8 by 0.3-0.4 mm. Disk 5-dentate or 5-crenate, 0.4 mm long, 0.7-0.8 times as long as ovary. Ovaries 0.5-0.6 mm long; style and style head 0.7-0.8 mm long. Fruit 10.7-19.8 by 0.9-1.5 cm. Seeds: grain c. 22.5 by 5 mm; beak 15 mm long; coma 9 cm long.
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