Small tree to 4 m tall; trunk grey with paler patches. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 3-14 cm long, 3-13 mm wide, glabrous; apex acuminate; midvein, marginal and cross veins prominent. Inflorescence an elongated, spicate panicle, several from upper axils; peduncle 18-39 cm long, puberulous; bracteoles ovate, 2-2.6 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, velutinous, tomentose at base and sides, with an acuminate apex. Perianth greyish white, woolly, becoming pink in fruit; tube 2.5-4.2 mm long; upper lip ovate, acute, 1.8-2.2 mm long, 1-1.8 mm wide, puberulous at apex, woolly at base; lower lip united for 1-1.5 mm; lobes narrowly oblong, 0.7-1 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide, obtuse. Nut 2.3-2.7 mm long, c. 2.5 mm wide, tan, cream-or orange-tomentose; circumference hairs 1.8-2.2 mm long, orange; central tuft of hairs to 2.5 mm long.
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