Medium-sized tree. Twig, bud, stipule (sparsely so within), nervation and lamina beneath densely persistently pale yellow lepidote. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, slender, terete, smooth; stipule scars short, horizontal, obscure. Bud to 2 by 1 mm, small, ellipsoid, subacute. Stipule to 6 by 4 mm, elliptic, obtuse, fugaceous. Leaf 6.5-12 by 2.5-5 cm, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, coriaceous; base broadly cuneate, subequal; acumen to 2 cm long, slender; nerves c. 10 pairs, slender, somewhat elevated beneath, applanate above, at 40°-60°; tertiary nerves obscure, scalariform; midrib slender, prominent beneath, shallowly depressed above; petiole 11-18 mm long, somewhat geniculate. Panicle to 11 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete or ribbed, shortly evenly persistently buff pubescent; singly branched, branchlets to 3 cm long, short, bearing to 5 distichous flowers. Flower buds to 8 by 2 mm, fusiform. Calyx pubescent on parts exposed in bud; lobes ovate, the two inner subacuminate, somewhat narrower than the outer 3; outer 3 subacute. Petals cream, linear, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud, sparsely so elsewhere. Stamens 33-34; filaments setose, compressed at base, tapering and filiform distally; anthers oblong, the two outer cells slightly the larger, sparsely setose on the distal margin; appendage to connective shorter than anther, shortly setose. Ovary and stylopodium pyriform, densely sericeous, tapering into the short glabrous style. Fruit pedicel, base of calyx and nut shortly densely evenly cream pubescent, calyx elsewhere sparsely so. 3 longer calyx lobes to 9.5-1.8 cm, broadly spatulate, obtuse, to 7 mm broad above the to 2 by 1.3 cm ovate thickened saccate base; 2 shorter lobes to 7 by 0.8 cm, narrowly spatulate, obtuse, similar at base. Nut to 2.5 by 1.5 cm, ovoid; stylopodium to 7 mm, prominent, filiform.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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