A small tree; young branchlets hirsute-tomentose. Petioles very short (about 1 mm. long). Leaves glabrous on the upper side, the midrib tomentellous when young, glabrous beneath and sparsely appressed-hairy on the midrib, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rotundate and even subcordate at the base, rather long-acuminate at the obtuse apex, 7-10 cm. long and 2.5-3.5 cm. broad. Flowers solitary; pedicels 5-6 mm. long, appressed-hairy; flower buds oblong. Sepals rotundate-ovate. Petals linear-oblong, rotundate at the apex, up to 16 mm. long. Carpels about 11. (Fruit unknown).
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