Small tree c. 6 m; tips of the branchlets appressedly rufous-pilose, glabrescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, gradually subcaudate-acu-minate at the apex, acute, attenuate and ± de-current into the petiole, sometimes to near its base, brown and ± dull when dry, chartaceous, entire, rarely with a few minute teeth in the upper half on each side, 5-10 by 2-3 cm; midrib slightly prominent above, rather strongly so beneath, nerves c. 8 pairs, straight below, curved upwards, obscurely inarching, slightly raised on both faces, reticulations dense, minutely prominent on both faces; petiole slender, 4-5 mm. Racemes from the upper axils, slender, 7-12 cm, rather dense-flowered, sparsely appressedly rufous hairy all over; rhachis 0.5-0.8 mm diam. Bracts minute, early caducous. Pedicels often in twos, free or connate at the base, 2-3 mm. Perianth yellowish-whitish, 9 mm in mature buds, tube 0.5 mm diam., limb subacute, c. 1 mm diam. Anthers 1.2 mm. Disk glands subquadrangular, free except their bases. Ovary glabrous; style slender. Fruit unknown.
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