Shrub or small tree, c. 4 m, glabrous in all its parts, except that the buds and young foliage are covered in appressed silky hairs. Leaves narrowly elliptic, up to 17.5 by 5.8 cm, stiffly coriaceous, narrowed to a truncate base, apex narrowed or slightly apiculate, margin entire or one or a few teeth near the apex, midrib prominent, lateral veins numerous, running straight from the midrib at a slight angle, uniting near the margin; petiole c. 10 mm, channelled above. Inflorescences axillary or supra-axillary, one-or few-flowered cymes, c. 25 mm long; pedicels widening in-to the base of the flower. Male receptacle obo-void, up to c. 6 mm long, glabrous; tepals 6, cavity small, enclosing 4 large and 2 smaller central stamens, anthers kidney-shaped; filaments short, narrower than the anthers. Female flowers and fruits unknown.
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