Subarborescent, trunk up to 12 cm diam., younger branches stellate-hirsute, older ones with large transverse lenticels. Leaves thick, rigidly coriaceous, obovate-oblong to oblong, 6-14 by 3-6 cm, 4-8-nerved; slightly acuminate at the apex, acute to obtuse (or rounded) at the base; densely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with slightly prominent midrib and nerves and faintly prominent to indistinct venation above; less densely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with slightly prominent nerves and faintly prominent to indistinct venation beneath. Petiole 3-5 mm. Inflorescences terminal, in basal part leafy, axillary, or cauline. Pedicel 2-4 mm; bracteoles up to 3 mm long. Sepals 1 & 2 broadly ovate, 2.3-2.5 by 3.2-3.3 mm, 4 & 5 transverse-oval, 2.5-2.8 by 3-3.5 mm, stellate-hirsute outside (hairs with 3-5 subequal, up to 350 µ long branches). Corolla pale yellowish, 7½-8 mm, tube 2 mm; midpetaline field 5 by 3 mm, densely appressed-hairy (hairs with strong, up to 1000 µ long central branch and 1-3 small, up to 150 µ long basal branches); lobules club-shaped, 2.5 by 1.7 mm, near the apex 1 mm broad and thick. Stamens inserted 1 mm above the corolla-base; filament 0.3 mm long, 0.6 mm broad at the base; anther 1 mm long, 0.7 mm broad, 0.4 mm thick, acuminate (sterile acumen 0.3 mm) at the apex, slightly cordate at the base. Ovary 1.2 by 0.7 mm, glabrous except few hairs immediately below the stigma; stigma conical, warty, without distinct ridges. Fruit unknown.
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