Small tree; branchlets terete, greyish, glabrous. Leaves rather long, obtusely acuminate at the apex, attenuate at the base, sessile, subcoriaceous, obscurely and minutely pellucid-punctate, dull and blackish when dry, 8-11 by 1.75-2.5(-2.75) cm; midrib elevated on both sides, nerves 5-6 pairs not or obscurely impressed above, slightly prominent beneath, veins inconspicuous. Stipules 4-5 by 6-10 mm. Flowers 2-3 in each axil, surrounded at their base by numerous, glabrous, ovate, membranous bracts 1-2 mm. Pedicel pubescent, 2 mm. Calyx tubular, pubescent outside, pink when fresh, in all 5 mm long; lobes oblong, 1.6 by 1.2 mm, patent or somewhat recurved in anthesis. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous, alternately 0.5 and 0.3 mm long. Staminodes very short, pilose. Ovary columnar, glabrous, 4 by 1 mm.
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