Shrub to c. 1 m tall. Branchlets mid-to dark brown, glabrous. Leaves simple, to c. 12 cm long; petiole not distinct; lamina linear to oblanceolate, flat, thick, to 12 cm long overall; apex rounded and ending in a pungent point; veins obscured, glabrous. Inflorescence ovoid, axillary, sessile, to 35 mm long; receptacle concave; involucral bracts few, elliptic, imbricate, obtuse, minutely pubescent to almost glabrous, with ciliate margins; cone scales silky-villous; outer ones ovate; inner ones linear. Flowers 25-35 mm long, pale pink to purplish pink, plumose-villous towards apex; tube glabrous. Pollen presenter 5-7 mm long; basal part swollen, minutely pubescent, constricted near mid-point then dilated into a globose part which tapers slightly to stigmatic cup. Cones ovoid, c. 10 mm diam. Nuts globose, beaked, c. 3 mm diam., villous.
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