Medium-sized tree. Sepals, ovary and parts of petals exposed in bud densely shortly evenly buff pubescent; young innovations fugaceous cream lepidote, leaf undersurface sometimes sparsely persistently so, otherwise glabrous. Twigs c. 2 mm ø apically, slender, much branched, terete, dark brown, smooth. Buds to 3 by 2 mm, ellipsoid, subacute. Stipules to 6 mm long, linear, fugaceous. Leaves (4-)5-13(-17) by (1.5-)2.5-5(-8) cm, ovate-lanceo-late, coriaceous; base cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, slender; nerves 9-11 pairs, slender, hardly elevated beneath, arched, at 25°-65°; tertiary nerves slender, subreticulate; midrib elevated on both surfaces though more prominent below than above, terete; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, slender, geniculate. Panicle to 10 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete; singly or doubly (if terminal) branched, branchlets to 3 cm long, bearing to 6 flowers; bracteoles unknown, fugaceous. Flower bud to 8 by 3 mm, lanceolate. Petals cream. Sepals ovate, subacute, unequal. Stamens c. 26-28, subequal; filaments compressed, tapering; anthers oblong, glabrous; appendages short, with to 5 prominent bristles; ovary with distinct stylopodium; style short but prominent, glabrous. Fruit pedicel to 1 mm, short. 3 longer fruit calyx lobes to 6 by 1.5 cm, spatulate, obtuse, to 5 mm wide above the to 8 by 5 mm ovate saccate thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 3 by 0.4 cm, lorate, obtuse, otherwise similar. Nut to 12 by 8 mm, ovoid, tapering to a c. 3 mm long style remnant.
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