Leaves obovate-oblong or oblong, 5-16 by 2-6 cm, base acute, apex acute to acuminate or sometimes rounded, glabrous or subglabrous; nerves 8-11 pairs; petiole 2-4 cm. Panicles terminal, sometimes axillary, 3-20 cm, rather profuse to poor, ramified up to the 3rd or 4th order; primary side-axes (mostly essentially primary!) up to c. 15 cm, usually subtended by normal to reduced leaves. Mature buds 2-2.5 mm diam. Inner petals lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm, entire, sometimes frayed at the tip. Endocarp subglo-bose, rather oblique, 6-7 mm diam., apart from a few ribs smooth, median keel distinct, rather prominent, at one end running out into a minute ventral processus; ventral pore somewhat sunken.
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