Treelet to c. 8 m, 10 cm ø. Twigs glabrous or tomentose. Leaves glabrous or sparsely appressedly hairy, especially on midrib and nerves, elliptic, acuminate, with acute to rounded base and dentate margin, 8-21 by 3½-6 cm; nerves 8-12 pairs, meeting in a looped intramarginal vein; petiole 12-17 mm. Flowers in fascicles with persistent red-brown tomentose to pubescent c. 2 mm long bracts and bracteoles. Calyx 2 mm, the (ciliate) lobes 1-1½ mm. Corolla c. 5 mm. Stamens c. 50. Disk glabrous. Ovary glabrous without, c. 1 mm high; style glabrous, 4-6 mm. Fruit ellipsoid, 10-12 by 5-6 mm, 3-celled, but only one cell developing; stone shallowly lengthwise ribbed. Seed 1, straight with straight embryo.
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