Twig, leaf beneath and margin, petiole, raceme and young leaf bud sparsely, 2-2.5 mm long, ± fugaceous or caducous silky long tomentose; subpersistent on young trees, occasionally persistent on bud, twig, and petiole. Twig c. 5 mm ø, rather stout, terete; frequently rather verrucose and sometimes (usually in young trees) papery. Bud 10-25 by 3-5 mm, lanceolate, somewhat compressed. Stipules c. 1 cm long, linear. Leaves 11-20 by 5-15 cm, elliptic, thinly coriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, apex prominently to 8 mm long acuminate; margin frequently sinuate towards the apex; midrib beneath often slightly verrucose; nerves 12-20 pairs, dense, straight, at c. 40°-50°; tertiary nerves densely scalariform, slender; petiole 3-4 cm long, rather long and slender, persistently hispid on the knee. Raceme to 15 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete, becoming angular on drying, simple or singly branched; bracteoles to 30 by 2.5 mm, linear, glabrous, caducous. Flowers distichous; buds to 5 by 0.8 cm. Calyx and corolla typical, calyx glabrous. Stamens 25, shorter than the style; filaments short; anthers narrowly oblong, tapering apically; appendage to connective tapering, glabrous, slightly shorter than the anther. Ovary ovoid-conical, glabrescent; stylopodium twice as long as ovary, narrowly cylindrical, densely tomentose; style half as long as stylopodium, narrowly cylindrical, glabrous. Fruit calyx entirely glabrous; tube to 3.5 cm ø and long, obturbinate, tapering abruptly at the base and gradually to the 0.8-1.3 cm ø neck; 3 longer lobes 12-17 by 2-3 cm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering to c. 5 mm broad at the base, prominently 3-nerved; shorter lobes 4-6 by 5-7 mm, deltoid, obtuse, undulate.
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