Shrub or tree to 12 m tall. Leaves simple, entire to serrate or dentate; petiole to 2.5 cm long; lamina narrowly to broadly ovate, elliptic or obovate, 4-12 cm long, (0.9-) 1.5-3.5 (-6) cm wide, broadly cuneate to attenuate at base, acute to obtuse or rounded at apex, discolorous, glossy above, glabrous; venation conspicuous. Conflorescence in upper axils, solitary or aggregated, to c. 8 cm long, not exceeding leaves; peduncle and pedicel with scattered to dense ferruginous hairs; pedicel c. 5-7 mm long. Perianth 7-10 mm long, white or cream, usually with appressed hairs externally. Gynophore c. 4 mm long. Style c. 4 mm long. Follicle to 4 cm long, dark brown to black. Seeds c. 5 mm long; wing 8-24 mm long.
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