Shrub or tree to 20 m tall; all parts rufous-to ferruginous-tomentose, but indumentum often not persisting on leaves, or becoming sparse. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-14 cm long, 2-7.5 cm wide; tips acuminate to subacute; margin irregularly serrate; venation lax to dense; lateral veins 6-10 pairs. Conflorescence axillary to subterminal, to 10 cm long, densely flowered; pedicels 1-2 mm long. Tepals c. 8.5 mm long, creamy brown; colour hidden by indumentum; limb c. 2 mm long, c. 1 mm wide. Anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Hypogynous glands broadly ovate-oblong, free. Ovary rufous-tomentose. Fruit ovoid, 10-13 mm long, 8-10 mm diam., becoming blue.
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