Shrub or small tree to 6.5 m. tall, though often less; young branches pubescent or glabrous.. Leaf-lamina obovate to oblong-elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, 6.5–19 cm. long, 3–8.5(–9) cm. wide, the base subrounded to ± cuneate, the apex acute or shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, glabrous or with some hairs on the midrib and lateral veins beneath; margin serrate-crenate to subentire; lateral veins 6–10 pairs; petiole 0.5–5.5 cm. long, glabrous or occasionally sparsely pubescent.. Inflorescence a stout terminal thyrse, very occasionally one or two of the uppermost leaves producing a shorter axillary inflorescence; rachis 5–17 cm. long, pubescent; flowers cream, pale yellow or greenish yellow, nodding; bracts and bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm. long, usually pubescent, margin ciliate, persistent; peduncle 3–17 mm. long, usually pubescent; pedicels 1–2 mm. long, usually pubescent.. Sepals orbicular or elliptic, 2–3 mm. long, pubescent, rarely entirely glabrous, the margin ciliate.. Petals oblong, 5–6 mm. long, obtuse, thick, the tip strongly recurved soon after anthesis.. Stamens 3.4–3.8 mm. long; filaments* fused into a ring with a free margin, with or without a free portion to the filaments; connective-appendage ± ovate, 1.5 times the length of the anthers, decurrent; thecal appendages usually absent.. Ovary glabrous; style 3–3.5 mm. long.. Capsule 3-lobed, 11–16 mm. long, coriaceous, smooth, glabrous.. Fig. 2/8, 9.
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