Shrub or small tree to 6 (-8) m tall. Leaves simple, entire to coarsely serrate or dentate, very rarely irregularly lobed towards base, sessile or subsessile; lamina usually linear, sometimes narrowly ovate, elliptic or oblong, 5-16 (-20) cm long, 0.3-1.5 (-2.5) cm wide, attenuate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, glabrous or rarely with sparse hairs below; venation inconspicuous above. Conflorescence solitary in upper axils, rarely appearing terminal, ±equal to leaves; peduncle and pedicel usually ±glabrous, rarely sparsely to densely ferruginous-hairy; pedicel to 10 mm long. Perianth 6-8 mm long, white, cream or green-yellow, with appressed hairs. Gynophore 4-5 mm long. Style c. 4 mm long. Follicle (2-) 2.5-3.5 (-4) cm long, dark grey-brown. Seeds c. 5 mm long; wing to 13 mm long.
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