Tree. Branchlets pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, glabrous, rather shining on both surfaces, lanceolate, rarely ovate-oblong, 6.5-10 by 2.5-4.5 cm; base obtuse, cuneate to attenuate; apex acuminate, the acumen up to 1½ cm; nerves 16-many pairs, simple or rarely branched, spreading or slightly curved and ascending, elevated beneath and visible above; veins visible beneath and obscure above; petiole 3.5-7 mm. Pedicels c. 3 mm, brownish hairy. Floral tube cylindric, 6 mm long, splitting on one side, glabrous outside, sparsely puberulous inside. Calyx lobes slightly oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, puberulous on both surfaces. Petaloid appendages unknown. Stamens sessile. Fruits (young) obovate-oblong or oblan-ceolate, including the stipe 3 by 0.75-1.5 cm, brownish hairy outside, long-narrowed towards the base, apex beaked. Seeds slightly ellipsoid-oblong, 10 by 4 mm (excl. the appendage), brownish, puberulous, acuminate, base attenuate and elongate into a slender appendage, glabrous.
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