Tree, up to 30 m, 1.2 m ø. Leaves (ovate-) oblong to (ovate-)lanceolate, 4-12½ by 1½-5 cm (up to 20 cm long on young treelets), mostly acute to acuminate, sometimes obtuse at apex, rounded to acute, often ± tapering at base, margin entire, ± acicular denticulate in young treelets; petiole 3-10 mm. Inflorescences terminal, made up of 3(-5)-flowered, shortened cymes, sessile, or with up to 0.5 cm long peduncle, flowering simultaneously, sometimes 2 inflorescences of different stages in close succession, the 5-10(-25) mm long rachis growing on vegetatively, sometimes branching in the lower parts; pedicels 8-15 mm, up to 20 mm in fruit, those of one cyme fixed close together in one tier. Torus c. 0.5 mm high, 1 mm ø, in fruit up to 4 mm high, 6 mm ø. Sepals ovate to oblong, 3½-6 by 1½-3 mm. Petals ovate to obovate-lanceolate, 3.5-7 by 1½-3 mm. Filaments (½-)1-2(-2½)mm; anthers 1½-3 by c. ½ mm. Ovaries c. 0.7 by 0.5 mm; style (1-)2½-4 mm, ± accrescent. Fruits up to 8 by 6 mm.
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