Young twig, leaf bud, stipule outside, petiole, nerves and midrib above, nervation beneath, and inflorescence persistently 1.5-3.5 mm long pale ful-vous-brown tufted hispid; leaf surface caducously so. Twig 0.8-1 cm ø apically, stout, uneven, cracked and marked by the thin amplexicaul stipule scars. Bud 1.2-2 by 1-1.7 cm, broadly ovoid, obtuse or subacute. Stipule to 5 cm long and broad, broadly ovate, obtuse, caducous. Leaves (18-)22-35 by (14-)16-22 cm, broadly obovate to orbicular, chartaceous, concave; base obtuse or subpeltate, the lamina continuing as a slight ridge above the base of the midrib; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate; nerves 9-12 pairs, well spaced, at 45° to 60°; petiole 5-6 cm long. Inflorescence to 7 cm long, subcymose, singly branched or unbranched, short, bearing few distichous flowers; bracts and bracteoles to 25 by 5 mm, linear, obtuse, sparsely tomentose, caducous. Bud to 4 by 1 cm. Calyx and corolla typical, calyx shortly tomentose. Stamens c. 25, as long as style; filaments as long as anther, applanate at base, tapering and filiform below anther; anther narrowly oblong, stout, tapering; appendage almost as long as anther, stout at base, tapering and filiform at apex. Ovary small, ovoid-conical, densely pubescent; stylopodium indistinct; style 3 times as long as ovary, columnar, slender, tomentose except at apex. Fruit subsessile; calyx tube densely pale fulvous long tomentose, c. 3 by 1.7 cm, narrowly obovoid, with 5 indistinct ridges when mature, tapering basally to the pedicel, only slightly constricted apically; 2 long lobes to 14 by 3 cm, glabrous within, sparsely tomentose outside, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering to the constricted but non-revolute base, prominently 3-nerved; 3 shorter lobes to 1.7 by 0.7 cm, oblong, recurved distally.
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