Leaf buds, twigs, leaf nervation beneath and peduncle ± sparsely fulvous hirsute, lamina beneath, midrib above and ovary sparsely puberulent; fruit calyx glabrous. Twigs c. 5 mm ø apically, terete, pink-brown. Leaf buds to 12 by 6 mm, ovoid-lanceolate; stipules not seen. Leaves 9-13 by 6.5-10 cm, broadly elliptic, thinly coriaceous; base cuneate; apex mu-cronate; nerves 10-12 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, shallowly depressed above, ascending at 45°; tertiary nerves laxly subscalariform, elevated beneath; petioles 2.5-4.5 cm long, slender. Inflorescences to 12 cm long, unbranched, bearing to three flowers. Flowers and mature fruit unknown. Young fruit pedicel to 2 mm long; calyx tube with 5 prominentchartaceous broad wings from base to apex; calyx lobes unequal, 2 aliform.
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