Tree c. 2 m high, unbranched, more or less palm-oid Flowering twigs c. 10 mm in diam., grooved, villose. Leaves 6-jugate; petiole c. 24 cm long, flattened above, rounded below, towards the apex ten. te; rachis c. 32 cm long, terete; petiole and ra-chi-i striate, villose with hairs of two lengths; petiolules 2-3 mm long, villose with hairs of two lengths. Leaflets alternate, narrowly elliptic, slightly asymmetric, 19.5-32.5 by 4.4-5.8 cm, index 4.4-5.6, chartaceous, above almost glabrous, midrib thinly short-hairy, towards the base also with longer hairs, below almost glabrous, midrib and (larger) neives thinly short and rather long-hairy; base cuiieate; apex long-acuminate, acumen 10-18 mm lore, acute; margin entire; midrib above slightly sunken, nerves 19-28 per side, 9-15 mm apart, angle to midrib 55°. Inflorescences axillary, c. 10.5 cm long, with long patent branches, rather densely flowered; cymules dichasial, several-flowered; bracts and bracteoles about elliptic to acicular, acute, 1.9-3 by 0.5-1.2 mm, outside long ap-pressed-hairy, apically with a tuft of hairs, inside glabrous; pedicels c. 1 mm long, articulated at the base. Sepals ± rhomboid, scarious rim wide, especially at apex and angles, outside appressed-hairy except rim, margin ciliate, inside glabrous, outer 2A by 2.3 mm, inner 2.8 by 2.4 mm. Petals ± rhomboid, 2.5-2.6 by 1.4 mm, outside appressed-hairy, margin ciliate in lower part, inside glabrous; scales 2. not crested, 1.4-1.6 mm long, hairy. Disc with 5 tufts of hairs. Staminodes 8, filaments 1.8 mm long, hasty throughout; anthers 1.3 mm long, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled, outside tomentose, inside glabrous, stigma 3-lined.
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