Treelet c. 5 m. Twigs 1.5-2 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs appressed, 0.1-0.2 mm, brownish yellow; older twigs brown-black, coarsely striate or finely longitudinally fissured; lenticels not apparent. Leaves membranous, (oblong-)lanceolate, 7-17 by 2-4 (-5) cm, base short-attenuate or narrowly rounded, apex (long-)acute-acuminate; upper surface green-olivaceous, lower surface pale greenish brown, glabrous (indumentum of immature leaves not seen); not papillose; dots absent; midrib raised above, lateral nerves 10-15 per side, at 70-80° to the midrib, slender, slightly sunken and inconspicuous above, not much contrasting below, lines of interarching and venation (fine) indistinct; petiole brown-yellow, 7-10 by 1.5 mm; leaf bud 5-7 by 2 mm, hairs ± rough, 0.3-0.5 mm. Male inflorescences, male and female flowers not seen. Female inflorescences (from infructescences): between the lower leaves, of the Knema-typt, a (sub)sessile, scar-covered brachyblast, 3 mm diameter, few-flowered, hairs rough, rusty, 0.5 mm; bracts not seen. Fruits 1 or 2 per infructescence, ellipsoid-oblong, ± fusiform, 2.5-3 by 1.5 cm, apex acute, base somewhat tapered, hairs thin, woolly, light brown or rusty, 0.3 mm, towards the base stouter, 0.5 mm; pericarp 1-2 mm thick; immature seeds ellipsoid-oblong, 1.5 cm; fruiting pedicel 2(-3) by 1.5-2 mm, hairs rough, 0.5 mm, bracteole scar ± median.
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