Flowering twigs 3-5 mm in diam., grooved, tomentose. Leaves 2-3-jugate; petiole 6.5-7.5 cm long, flattened above, rounded below, towards the apex terete; rachis 5.5-8 cm long, flattened above, rounded below, or terete; petiole and rachis striate, tomentose; petiolules 4-6 mm long, grooved above, tomentose. Leaflets alternate to suboppo-site, elliptic, rarely obovate, slightly asymmetric, 8.5-15 by 4.5-7 cm, index c. 2, coriaceous, above almost glabrous, midrib appressed-hairy, nerves with some appressed hairs, below rather thinly puberulous, especially on midrib and nerves; base cunéate to rounded; apex acuminate, acumen acute to obtuse; margin dentate in upper half; midrib slightly prominent above, nerves 9-13 per side, upper ones ending in a tooth, (5-) 10-17 mm apart, angle to midrib 60-65°, domatia small, pocket-like. Inflorescences axillary, 12-16 cm long, with long patent branches, laxly flowered; cymules several-flowered; bracts and bracteoles 0.6-1.2 by 0.2-0.6 mm, not persisting, thick, appressed-hairy on both sides; pedicels 3.5-4.2 mm long, articulated at ⅓ above the base. Sepals persisting, rather thick, outside appressed-hairy, margin ciliate, inside appressed-hairy, the innermost only in the lower part, outer about deltoid, 1-1.4 by 1.2-1.4 mm, without scarious rim, inner triangular to obovate, 1.8-2.4 by.2-1.8 mm, without or with a narrow scarious rim Petals elliptic to obovate, clawed, 1.7-2.3 by 1.1-1.2 mm, outside appressed-hairy at the base, margin ciliate, inside appressed-hairy in lower part; scales 2, not crested, 1.1-1.2 mm, adnate to the side of the petals, long woolly. Disc glabrous. Stamens 8, exserted; filaments filiform, 1.8-2.6 mm long, patently hairy except base and apex; anthers 1.1-1.3 mm long, glabrous. Pistillode 3-celled, 1.2 by 1.2 mm, hairy. Fruits 3-celled, globular, 14 by 14 mm, wall 0.7-1 mm thick, outside rugose, velutinous, inside sparingly appressed-hairy. Seeds 10 by 16 mm, testa shiny brown, arillode covering about ⅔, lacerate.
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