Branches glabrous to tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5-16 mm long; blade elliptic to ovate, 1.2-4 times as long as wide, 3-12.2 by 1.2-6.1 cm, apex acuminate, base acute to rounded; coriaceous, sparsely puberulent on midrib beneath, 8-11 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence terminal and axillary panicles, rather congested; 5.5-10 cm long; densely tomentose; pedicels 1-2.5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.1-1.7 times as long as wide, 1.6-2.2 by 1.2-1.7 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, tomentose; no colleters seen. Corolla cream coloured or pinkish; in bud with cylindrical tube and head about same width; tube 2.4-3.4 mm long, outside pubescent, pubescent in throat and pubescent inside; lobes 0.7-0.9 times as long as the tube, 2-2.8 mm long, pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens inserted at 1.6-1.9 mm from base, 0.4-0.5 of tube length; filament 0.3-0.5 mm long with projections from the side; anthers 3.7-5.7 times as long as wide, 1.5-1.7 by 0.3-0.4 mm; narrow triangular, apex acuminate, base sagittate; included in the corolla tube. Disk of 5 elliptic or oblong lobes joined at base, 0.6-1 times as long as ovary, 0.6-0.9 mm long. Ovaries 0.8-1 mm long, pubescent; style 1-1.4 mm long; style head 0.7-1 mm long, base cup-shaped. Fruit (immature) terete and densely tomentose.
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