Shrub or small tree 1.5-7 m, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute-acuminate at the apex, ± long cuneate at the base, slightly decurrent, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, olivaceous-greenish or light yellowish-green when dry, ± shining, mostly with a few remote teeth in the upper part or entire, (7-)8-11 (-14-17) by 2-3½(-5) cm; midrib slightly prominent above, strongly so beneath, nerves 8-9 pairs, mostly rather straight in the lower part, curved upwards and ± distinctly anastomosing, somewhat raised on both faces, reticulations rather dense and minutely prominent on both faces; petiole slender, 1-1.5 cm. Racemes axillary or subterminal, laxly set with flowers nearly to the base; rhachis angular, 0.5-1 mm diam. Bracts ovate-acuminate, membranous, c. 1 mm. Pedicels rather slender, provided with mostly one very distinct membranous wing on both sides, mostly in twos and connate for 1/3-1/2, 4-5(-6) mm. Perianth cream-whitish or light yellowish-greenish, sometimes lavender-tinged or lemon, very slender, 11-12 mm, tube 0.4-0.5 mm diam., limb elongate-ellipsoid, subacute, 1 mm diam. Anthers 1.6 mm. Disk glands ovate-oblong, truncate, +-retuse, free, close. Ovary glabrous; style filiform. Fruit not yet known.
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