Shrub or treelet to 5 m. Twigs densely pubescent. Leaves rather densely appressedly hairy beneath, ovate to elliptic, with cuneate base and margin densely appressedly rufous-hairy beneath, 5½-11½ by 2-3½ cm; nerves 4-6 pairs; petiole 2-3 mm. Spike much contracted, axis hairy. Bracts and bracteoles (broadly) elliptic, c. 3 mm. Calyx densely, appressedly long sericeously pubescent, entirely divided into 2 mm long rounded lobes. Corolla c. 2½ mm. Stamens c. 25. Disk glabrous. Ovary with same indument as calyx, c. 1 mm high; style hairy halfway up.
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