Small trees. Twigs densely hairy. Leaves elliptic to oblong or ovatish, 7-14 by 3-5.5 cm, base acute or rounded, apex acuminate, coriaceous, with 6-9 pairs of nerves, venation reticulate, impressed above, inconspicuous below, densely hairy when young, lower surface remaining hairy when mature, basal glands 2-4 or absent, flat. Petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long. Stipules elliptic, c. 3-4.5 by 1-2 mm, free. Racemes solitary, in axils of extant or fallen leaves, up to 5.5 cm long, peduncle absent, rachis densely hairy, pedicels up to 1 mm long. Hypanthium 2-2.5 mm high, densely hairy outside. Perianth segments subequal, 8-10, up to 2 mm long, densely hairy. Stamens 25-35, filaments up to 5 mm, glabrous or hairy at base, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary densely hairy. Fruits globular, 14-18 mm diam., exocarp hairy, mesocarp thick and hard when dry, endocarp thin, glabrous inside. Seed with glabrous testa.
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