Shrub up to 7 m high. Stipules up to 12 by c. mm. Leaves linear-oblong, 8-17 by ¾-1½ cm, long acuminate at apex, ± tapering at base, chartaceous, margin serrulate, nerves 0.5-1 mm apart. Inflorescences c. 15 cm long; rachis c. 1 mm Ø; branches with up to 5 flowers; pedicels filiform, up to 12 mm in fruit; bracts acicular, 2-3 mm under the branches, smaller at base of pedicels. Flowers erect. Sepals ± linguiform, 1-1¼ by 0.75-1 mm. Petals ovate, 3½-4½ by 1¾-2¼ mm, distinctly reflexed. Outer staminodes ∞, small; inner ones 25-30, linear, 2-3 mm, purplish. Stamens with flattened filaments ½-1 mm long, purplish; anthers lanceolate, 1½’-2½ by 0.3-0.6 mm. Ovary ovoid, c. 1.2 by 0.7 mm; style c. 0.3 mm, purplish; stigma capitate. Fruit ellipsoid, sub-trigonous in cross-section, c. 8½ by 3 mm. Seeds 0.5-1 by 0.2-0.5 mm, tomentose.
A lowland species, reported from up to 600 m, in moist places, especially in kerangas forests on poor soils, and on sandstone cliffs, even near the sea.
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