Tree 6-14 m; young branches glabrous, rather slender, smooth, glaucous. Leaves subovate-elliptic-oblong, attenuate towards the apex, shortly obtusely acuminate, narrowed or mostly rounded at the base, slightly inequilateral, stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, glossy light-green alive, shining above, dark-brown when dry, dull and glaucous beneath, remotely crenate, 11-18 by 6-8 cm; midrib nearly flat above, very prominent beneath, nerves 8-9 pairs, faint, curving upwards, veins obscure or prominent-reticulate above only; petiole stout, 4-6 mm. Racemes solitary, spiciform, rather robust, ± as long as the leaves; rhachis olivaceous-tomentose. Flowers pale greenish-yellow, 6-merous, in interrupted, 3-4-flowered fascicles. Pedicels 2 mm. Bracts nearly rounded to ovate, firm, ± persistent, 3 mm diam. Calyx-tube widely funnel-shaped, 2 mm, densely cinereous-tomentose outside as are the sepals and petals. Sepals oblan-ceolate, obtuse, 2 mm. Petals broadly lanceolate, subacute, villous inside, 2 mm. Ovary tomentose. Styles 5.
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