Trees, to 10 m tall. Branchlets 4-angled, grayish brown tomentose. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade oblong, 5-9 × 2-2.5 cm, both surfaces at first pubescent, glabrescent, abaxially yellowish green when dry, adaxially dark green and shiny when dry, secondary veins ca. 20 on each side of midvein, at an angle of ca. 65° from midvein, and obscure, intramarginal veins ca. 1 mm from margin, base cuneate, apex slightly apiculate with an obtuse tip. Inflorescences in axil of apical leaves, cymose paniculate, 4-8 cm, many-flowered; bracts obovate. Flowers 1.7-2 cm in diam.; bracteoles elliptic, ca. 3 mm, pubescent. Hypanthium 2-2.5 mm. Calyx lobes 5, broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm, pubescent. Petals 5, white, ovate, 7-8 × 4-5 mm, glandular, apex pointed. Stamens pink to red, 7-8 mm; filaments with some trichomes. Ovary 9-13-loculed. Style 7-8 mm; stigma expanded. Fruit depressed globose, 7-8 mm in diam., 9-13-loculed. Fl. Feb-Jul.
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