Small tree; tips of the branchlets deep rufous-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves elliptic, broadly shortly subabruptly acuminate at the apex, subacute to obtuse, broadly attenuate to nearly rounded at the base, somewhat inequilateral, subcoriaceous or stiff-chartaceous, pale yellowish-greenish when dry, rather dull on both faces, mature ones glabrous above, laxly ± crisped rufous hairy beneath specially on the midrib and nerves, entire, 4-6.5 by 2-3 cm; midrib nearly flat above, prominent beneath, nerves c. 6 pairs, ± curved upwards and inarching before the edge, nearly inconspicuous above, slightly raised beneath, reticulations dense, obsolete or very slightly impressed above, visibly raised beneath; petiole rather slender, rather long, remaining tomentose, 7-10 mm. Racemes axillary, solitary, rather stiff and suberect, 7-11 cm incl. the peduncle 1-2 cm, densely dark rusty tomentose all over; rhachis 1-1.5 mm diam. Bracts lanceolate, 1.5 mm. Pedicels rather robust, mostly in twos, connate at the base or halfway up, 3 mm. Perianth brownish, seen only in rather developed buds, probably c. 18 mm in anthesis, tube 0.8 mm diam., limb clavate, 1.5 mm diam. in bud. Anthers c. 1.75 mm. Disk glands ovate-oblong, free, somewhat spaced. Ovary glabrous. Immature fruit subglobose-ellipsoid, crowned by a very slender style 18-19 mm.
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