Young twig, raceme, stipule, petiole and leaf beneath at first sparsely minutely lepidote, appearing yellowish, becoming glabrous. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, slender, smooth. Bud 2-5 by 1-1.5 mm, small, narrowly lanceolate, often compressed. Stipule 5-8 mm long, small, linear, fugaceous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-4 cm, +-broadly ovate, coriaceous, sometimes (excluding acumen) broader than long, base cuneate or broadly obtuse, acumen to 1.5 cm long, prominent; nervation indistinct; midrib depressed above, prominent beneath; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, slender. Panicle to 7 cm long, terminal or axillary, ribbed and angular on drying, singly or doubly branched. Flower bud to 9 by 4 mm, fusiform. Calyx glabrous, lobes subequal, lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla white, petals glabrous, ± oblong, acute. Stamens c. 30, subequal, shorter than the style; filaments slender, tapering, united at base; anthers linear; appendage to connective short, linear, somewhat exceeding anther apex. Ovary small, ovoid, glabrous; style filiform, c. 2 times length of ovary, glabrous. Fruit calyx base 6-8 mm deep, 8-15 mm ø, cup-shaped, ± constricted at the rim; lobes equal, 4-6 by 0.8-2 cm, spatulate, obtuse, to 3-5 mm broad at the base, entirely glabrous. Nut to 3 by 1.5 cm, ovoid, glabrous, constricted at the apex of the calyx cup, acute, with a short style remnant.
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