Small tree to 7½ m. Twigs glabrous. Leaves narrowly elliptic, shortly acuminate with cuneate base and recurved entire or denticulate margin, 17-30 by 31l2-7 cm; nerves 11-13 pairs, at least in the apical part of the leaf meeting in a looped intramarginal vein close to the margin; petiole 15-25 mm. Flowers in a spike to 4 cm; axis puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles persistent, glabrous but ciliate, c. 2 mm. Calyx glabrous, divided into the broadly rounded 1½- long lobes. Corolla 6-8 mm. Stamens more than 100. Disk annular, minutely pilose. Ovary glabrous, 1½-2 mm high; style glabrous. Fruit not known.
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