Medium-sized tree. Leaf buds, twigs and petiole, midrib above and outside of calyx sparsely ± caducous puberulent; petals outside, ovary and domatia densely persistently pubescent. Twigs c. 1 mm ø apically, terete, dark brown, ± rugose. Leaves 3.5-7 by 2.3-3.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous; base unequal, cuneate; acumen to 12 mm long, slender, subcaudate; nerves 9-11 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, obscure and adpressed above, arched; secondary nerves many but very short; both ± continuously furnished with pubescent domatia; tertiary nerves subscalariform, distinct but hardly elevated; petioles 3-5 mm long, very slender. Flowers to 3 mm long, dull, violet. Sepals ovate, acute. Stamens 15; filaments filiform, slightly expanded at base; appendages aristate, considerably longer than oblong anthers. Ovary and stylopodium cylindrical, truncate, with short style. Fruit calyx lobes short, subequal, ovate, adpressed to and hiding the 10 by 9 mm nut except at apex.
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