Tree. Twigs glabrous; internodes terete at the base, growing acutely quadrangular upwards with 4 gradually widening wings towards the nodes, (sub)glabrous; wings 1-3 mm (or more?) wide at the top, ending in an acute processus often curved upwards, wearing off when older. Leaves 5-10 by 3-5 cm, rounded at the base, cuspidate at the top and with acute tip, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, distinctly reticulate; nerves c. 12 pairs, flat above, prominent beneath; petiole 3-5 mm, 1-½ mm Ø. Inflorescence 8-13 cm, consisting of main axis with 1 or 2 pairs of 4-12 cm long primary axes each bearing 10-35 flowers. Bracts of axes deltoid to triangular, c. 1 mm, acute at the top, minutely puberulous, mostly caducous. Floral bracts small, the middle one only slightly exceeding the lateral ones, narrowly triangular, c. 1 mm. Pedicels 1-2 mm, c. 72 mm Ø. Receptacle c. 2 mm high, c. 3 mm wide, ribbed, densely puberulous. Sepals c. ¾ mm. Petals c. 3½-4 mm, 1-¼ mm wide at the base, valvate to imbricate at the base, valvate-conduplicate for the rest, more or less connate especially in the median part, almost completely enveloping the stamens. Filaments c. 2 mm, ½-¾ mm wide at the base, glabrous. Connective pear-or drop-shaped, c. 1 mm, with dorsal swelling. Anther-cells c. 1 mm, c. ¼ mm wide. Style 3-5 mm, ¼ mm Ø, protruding from mature bud. Ovules 2 per cell. Fruit not seen.
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