Trees, small, to ca 8 m, mostly glabrous, the young stems softly-pubescent. Leaves ovate, sometimes ovate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, the bases obtuse, to 16 cm long and 8 cm wide, ? glabrous on both surfaces, or very sparsely pubescent on the veins beneath, somewhat falcate; petioles ca 0.5-1 cm long. Inflorescences cymes, paniculate, open, mostly terminal, the branches softly-pubescent. Flowers perfect, ? sessile; calyx cupulate, very sparsely pubescent within and without, ca 2.5 mm long, 3-4-lobed, the lobes deltoid and ca 1 mm long; corolla campanulate, white, the tube ca 4 mm long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, ca 2 mm long and ca 1.2 mm wide; stamens 5, exserted, the filaments ca 3.5-4 mm long, pubescent basally, the anthers ca 1.2 mm long; ovary ovoid, the stigmas slenderly clavate. Fruit unknown.
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