Shrubs. Young branches grayish brown; current year branchlets pubescent; terminal bud pubescent. Petiole 2-5 cm, decurrent on stem; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 4.5-6.5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, leathery, abaxially hirsute along midvein, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, margin basally entire and apically finely serrulate, apex acute and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary or on leafless branches, in clusters of 2 or 3. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers: pedicel 1-2 mm, hirsute; bracteoles triangular, apically on pedicel; sepals 5, imbricate, triangular-ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, outside pubescent; petals 5, oblong, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, glabrous, basally slightly contracted, connate at base, apex rounded; ovary ovoid, ca. 1 mm, glabrous, 3-loculed; style less than 0.4 mm, usually 4-parted almost to base.
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