Shrubs 3-4 m tall; young branches ferruginous-brown tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves clustered at apex of branches; petiole 2-4.5 cm, puberulent to glabrescent, apex 2-glandular; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 12-18 × 2.5-3.5 cm, papery, both surfaces appressed pubescent when dry, glabrescent, base attenuate, minutely obtuse, margins irreg ularly rough glandular-serrate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, acumen slightly falcate-inflected; lateral veins 6 or 7, ascending to tips of serrations. Male flowers: inflorescences subapical, narrowly thyrsoid, 10-12 cm; pedicels delicate, 1-3 mm; sepals 5, rotund, ca. 1 mm; stamens 10-15. Female flowers and fruits not seen. Fl. Aug.
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