Small tree; branchlets rufous-tomentose at the tips, glabrous elsewhere. Leaves few at the ends of the branchlets, broad-oblong, gradually or ± abruptly acuminate and subacute at the apex, cuneate into the petiole, ± acute at the very base, rigidly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, dark red-brown when dry, glabrous and shining above, rufous-tomentose on the whole undersurface specially on the midrib and the nerves, entire, (30-) 40-45 by (13-) 16-20 cm; midrib prominent above, more strongly so beneath, nerves 15-17 pairs, curved towards and along the edge, flat or somewhat impressed above, prominent beneath, reticulations lax, slightly raised beneath; petiole rufous-tomentose, c. 1 cm by 3-4 mm. Racemes ramiflorous, rufous-tomentose, dense-flowered, 8-11 cm; rhachis 2 mm diam. Bracts minute. Pedicels mostly in twos, 1-2 mm, stoutish, connate up to the middle. Perianth pale pink, 11 (-12) mm, limb c. 1.5 mm across. Anthers c. 3 mm. Disk glands ± quadrangular, free. Ovary rufous-hirsute; style slender, glabrous. Fruit not known.
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