Shrubs or trees, 3-15 m tall. Branchlets terete, slightly compressed. Petiole 1-1.3 cm; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 9-16 × 2.5-5 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces dark green when dry, abaxially glandular, secondary veins 12-17 on each side of midvein, 7-9 mm apart, and at an angle of ca. 55° from midvein, reticulate veins conspicuous, intramarginal veins ca. 1.5 mm from margin, base broadly cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, cymes or paniculate cymes, 3-11-flowered; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Flower buds ovoid, 1-1.2 cm. Hypanthium 8-9 mm. Calyx lobes 4, triangular-ovate, ca. 5 mm. Petals distinct, broadly ovate, 7-8 mm. Stamens size variable, 1-1.5 cm; anthers ca. 0.6 mm. Style ca. 1.3 cm. Fruit subglobose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam. Fl. Apr-Aug.
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