Tree to 3 m. Bark flaky, fibrous, yellow. Juvenile leaves decussate, densely hairy, glaucous. Leaves on mature trees usually like juveniles, sessile, ovate; lamina 7–10 cm long, 2.7–4 cm wide, glaucous; lateral veins faint, at c. 60°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin. Umbels 7–9-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 20–40 mm long; pedicels 2–8 mm long. Buds clavate or pyriform, glaucous, operculum conical or hemispherical, 4–7 mm long, 7–9 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 7–8 mm long, 7–9 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical to ovoid, ribbed, glaucous, 20–25 mm long, 13–20 mm wide; valves usually 3. Seeds ovate, light red-brown.
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