Twigs tomentose, dark brown pubescent or (sparsely) appressedly pubescent or puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves sparsely long pubescent, appressedly fine dark-pilose or sparsely appressedly minutely pilose, glabrescent beneath, acute or acuminate with acute base and dentate, denticulate or crenulate margin, narrowly to broadly elliptic, 3-9½ by l½-4cm; nerves 7-14 pairs. Flowers in an often branched raceme to 1,2 or 4 cm; axis pubescent or appressedly puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles caducous, with same indument as axis, 1-2 and ¾ to 1½ mm respectively. Pedicel to 2 or 3(-4) mm long. Calyx pubescent to puberulous, often less hairy than ovary, 1-2 mm, the lobes ½-1½ mm. Corolla 4-5 mm. Stamens 25-55. Disk with some hairs or shortly pilose, often the indument hardly visible. Ovary with same indument as calyx or more hairy; style glabrous, or the base shortly pilose. Fruit ellipsoid, 7-10 by 3-6 mm; stone inconspicuously lengthwise grooved, 3-celled. Seeds 1-3, straight with straight embryo.
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