Tree up to c. 7 m. tall, trunk up to c. 3 dm. diam., bark rough; branches candelabra-like. Lvs in dense clusters towards apex of branches, ± squarrosely spreading to reflexed, coriac., glab. Sheath c. 4 × 2.5 cm., gradually tapering into lamina ± 25-60 × 2.5-3·5 cm., gradually narrowing into very long fine point; margins very minutely serrulate-crenulate. Panicle rather slender, ± 15-30-(45) cm. long; at first erect or ascending, drooping in fruiting stage; branches close-set, ± 3·5 cm. long, at acute angle to axis. Bracts ovate-oblong, pubescent. Fls close-set on pubescent pedicels c. 3-4 mm. long. Sepals short, broad-ovate, acute to subacute, reflexed. Corolla-tube ± 3 mm. long, lobes oblong, obtuse, reddish. Anthers slightly exserted. Capsule depressed-globose, c. 2.5 mm. diam.
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