Small tree to 10 m; young branches glabrous, lenticellate. Stipules lanceolate, acute, glabrous, sub-persistent, c. 5 mm long. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic, 14-20 by 6.5-8.5 cm, acuminate at apex, the acumen 4-10 mm long, cuneate at base, glabrous on both surfaces; midrib slightly prominulous to plane above, prominent beneath, with a pair of round glands at base; primary veins 10-13 pairs, prominulous above, prominent beneath; petioles 2-3 mm long, glabrous, slightly alate with decurrent leaf margins. Inflorescence of subterminal racemes or little branched, the rachis brown pilose pubescent; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acute, to 3 mm long, caducous. Receptacle slender cylindrical, 5 mm long, sessile tomentose on exterior, densely tomentose within; calyx lobes ovate, acute, 4-5 mm long, densely tomentose on exterior, glabrous within except at apex. Petals spathulate, 6 mm long, clawed. Stamens 8-10, united into a unilateral ligule for half of length. Ovary densely pilose. Style pilose for most of length. Fruit unknown.
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