Tree or treelet, densely branched; tips of the branchlets ferrugineous-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, shortly obtusely acuminate at the apex, attenuate at the base, coriaceous, very young ones rusty-tomentose on both faces, early glabrescent above, clothed with crisp rusty hairs beneath, finally entirely glabrous, dilutely brownish when dry, shining above, dull beneath, entire, 1½-3 by 1-1.6 cm; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath, nerves 4-5(-6) pairs, coming from the midrib at nearly right angles, straight in the lower part, curved distally, as the densely reticulated veins slightly impressed above, obscurely raised beneath; petiole slender, finally glabrescent, 3-5(-7) mm. Racemes axillary, solitary, strict, rather slender and dense-flowered, 4-7 cm, rusty-tomentose; rhachis 1 mm. Bracts ovate-acuminate, c. 1 mm. Pedicels slender, mostly in twos, connate at the base, 4-5 mm. Perianth yellow, 14-17 mm, tube 1 mm, limb clavate 1.5 mm diam. Anthers 2.5 mm. Disk glands ovate, thin, rufous-pilose or-ciliate at the upper margin, close, slightly imbricate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not known.
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