Treelet (or occasionally an epiphytic shrub?), c. 6 m; innovations pubescent. Leaves in pseudo-whorls, narrowly elliptic, c, 4-6 by 1.5-2 cm; base cuneate, decurrent, margin recurved, top acute and c. 0.5-0.75 cm acuminate; midrib, c. 5-7 pairs of nerves and the fine reticulations finely impressed above; more or less pubescent beneath; petiole c. 0.5 cm. Inflorescences a small number of apical, 3-flowered cymes; peduncle terete, c. 2-3 cm, pubescent. Bracts linear, c. 5-6 mm, pubescent; pedicels ½-1½ cm. Sepals free, linear-lanceolate, c. 6-7 by 1-1.5 mm, pubescent, acute, exceeding the petals in bud. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, c. 8 by 1-2 mm, acute, 3-nerved. Filaments c. 3 mm; anthers oblong, c. 2 mm, apiculate. Ovary subsessile, ellipsoid, densely pubescent on a c. 1 mm long, 5-furrowed stipe, c. 2 by 1-1.5 mm, ovules 6-8; style c. 1.5 mm, stigma capitate. Fruit subglobose, c. 1 mm diam., mucronate, 2-valved; valves thin, rugose; funicles inserted close to the base. Seeds 1-4, c. 4 by 3 mm.
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