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Shrub, subshrub or treelet to 7 m tall. Stem crisp-pubescent. Prophyll glabrous, marginally with some hairs or densely pubescent. Stipules rather long persistent; petiole 0.5-1(-1.5) cm long, crisp-pubescent, vaginate to apex; blade not conspicuously glandular-dotted, shiny, broadly elliptic or broadly to narrowly ovate, 10-25 x 2.5-13 cm, (old leaves often broader than young ones), margin not ciliate, apex acuminate, base unequally attached to petiole difference 0-0.7 cm, obtuse, rounded to subcordate, sometimes acute, glabrous above, below densely appressed pubescent on veins; pinnately veined, secondary veins 3-6 per side, originating from lower 3/4 of primary vein, at an angle of 60º, anastomosing, soon abruptly ascending at an angle of 120º, intersecondaries conspicuous, tertiary veins widely reticulate. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 1 cm long, to 1.5 cm in fruit, crisp-pubescent; spike 10-12 cm long, white or yellow; floral bracts densely crowded, spirally arranged, densely marginally fringed. Infructescence green, to 12 cm long, 4 mm wide; fruits oblongoid or trigonous, glabrous to puberulent at apex, stigmas 3, sessile.
