Tree 15 m tall, the young branches puberulous, soon glabrous. Stipules linear-lanceolate, 5-6.5 mm long, puberulous, subpersistent. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 7-13 by 2-3.7 cm, acute to bluntly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles 3-5 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, lanate when young, glabrescent with age, slightly rugose. Inflorescences axillary and terminal panicles of cymules 1.5-6 cm long, the rachis and branches appressed lanate when young, becoming puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles 1-3.5 mm long, sparsely puberulous-glabrescent on both surfaces. Flowers 2-2.5 mm long. Receptacle cam-panulate, swollen slightly to one side, lanate-tomen-tose on exterior, tomentose within. Calyx lobes pubescent on both surfaces. Petals glabrous except for ciliate margins. Stamens 6-8, unilateral with 3-5 short staminodes opposite them. Ovary bilocular, inserted midway up receptacle tube, pilose on exterior. Style pilose at base. Fruit not seen.
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