Small monopodial smooth-barked tree. Twig and petiole densely persistently fulvous tawny pubescent, leaf undersurface and midrib above sparsely so; panicle glabrous. Twig c. 3 mm ø apically, stout, terete, becoming dark brown, with a prominent short rib at first following the leaf trace; internodes 1-5 cm long; stipule scars obscure; stipules unknown. Leaves (8-) 14-27 by (2.5-)4-6 cm, narrowly oblong-lanceo-late, coriaceous; base subcordate; acumen short, broad; nerves 10-13 pairs, arched and becoming wavy at the margin, prominent beneath, ± obscure above, sometimes with a few short indistinct secondary nerves; midrib stout and prominent beneath, slender, elevated to shallowly channelled, above; petiole 5-8 mm long, c. 3 mm ø, short, stout. Panicles to 11 cm long, very slender, laxly shortly branched; flowers and fruit unknown.
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