Shrubs evergreen, 1-3 m tall. Bark dark gray. Petiole 1-2.5 cm, stout; leaf blade elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, rarely obovate-lanceolate, 7-15 × 2-4 cm, leathery or thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein conspicuously raised abaxially, lateral veins 5-7-paired, inconspicuous on both sides, base cuneate or obtuse, margin serrulate throughout, apex acute, acuminate, caudate-acuminate, or obtuse. Spikes 12-22-flowered, 3-8 cm; peduncles short, 5-10 mm. Flowers subsessile; bract triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, apex acute; bracteoles triangular-ovate, ca. 2.5 mm, apex acute. Sepals ovate-orbicular, ca. 3.5 mm. Petals yellow to white, obovate-orbicular, 5.5-6.5 × ca. 4 mm, apex obtuse. Ovary bottle-shaped, glabrous; style ca. 6 mm. Fruit globose, 6-7 mm in diam. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 24*.
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