Small or medium-sized tree. Twig, petiole, midrib above, buds and stipule on both surfaces +-persistently shortly evenly greyish tawny pubescent. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, terete, slender; stipule scars c. 1 mm long, short, cuneate, horizontal or slightly descending. Bud c. 2 by 1.5 mm, ovoid, obtuse. Stipule c. 6 by 2.5 mm, oblong, subacute, fugaceous. Leaves 8-16 by 3.5-6 cm, thinly coriaceous, ovate-elliptic; base obtuse or broadly cuneate; acumen c. 0.7 cm long, narrow; nerves 9-12 pairs, dense, parallel, slender but prominent beneath, at c. 30°-45° along the lamina, to 80° at the base; with small tomentose domatia; tertiary nerves slender, densely scalariform; midrib grooved; petiole 8-12 mm long. Panicle to 12 cm long, terminal or axillary, straight, terete or slightly compressed, shortly sparsely persistently pale brown pubescent; singly branched, the branchlets to 1.5 cm long, short, bearing to 7 secund flowers; bracteoles to 4 mm long, elliptic, subacute, shortly pubescent, fugaceous. Flower bud to 8 by 2.5 mm, lanceolate. Calyx shortly pubescent outside, glabrous within; lobes ovate, subacute, the inner 2 somewhat smaller, relatively broader and thinner than the outer 3. Petals cream pink at base. Stamens 30-50; filaments broad at base, tapering abruptly and filiform distally, glabrous; anthers oblong, the cells tapering, outer cells longer than inner cells; appendages to connective short, glabrous but for a single long apical bristle. Ovary broadly ovoid, pubescent. Fruit calyx to 10 by 8 mm; lobes subequal, shortly buff-pubescent on both surfaces, thin, ovate, prominently narrowly acuminate, shallowly saccate. Nut to 1.5 by 1 cm, globose, obtuse; style remnant c. 2 mm long, slender.
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