Shrub or small tree, c. 3 m; branchlets slender, minutely puberulent. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, gradually acuminate towards the apex, subacute, broadly or mostly rounded at the base, somewhat protracted into the petiole at the very base, subcoriaceous, entirely glabrous, mostly shining above, ± dark brown when dry, practically not pellucid-punctate, entire to obscurely crenate, (8-)12-16(-20) by (3-)5-8(-10) cm; midrib slightly or not raised above, prominent beneath, nerves 8(-9) pairs, curved and ± parallel to each other, prominent beneath, veins transverse, little conspicuous above, more so beneath as are the fine rather dense reticulations; petiole finely pubescent, c. 5 mm. Fascicles 4-6-flowered, showing a tendency to grow into very short axes with age. Bracts dense, ovate, acuminate, 1 mm, nearly glabrous. Pedicel glabrous, 1 mm. Calyx entirely glabrous, 2.5 mm. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous alternately 0.9 and 0.6 mm. Staminodes triangular, densely pilose as is the receptacle, 0.5 mm. Ovary narrow-oblong, laxly pilose towards the apex; style short. Fruit oblong-elliptic, c. 1.2 by 0.8 cm; peduncle 2 mm. Seeds few.
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