Parts glabrous but for the shortly sparsely caducous pubescent calyx and shortly fulvous caducous pubescent ovary. Twig to 1 mm ø apically, slender, smooth to rugulose. Bud to 2 by 1 mm, conical, acute. Stipule to 16 by 3.5 mm, hastate, subacute, caducous. Leaves 8-20 by 3-7 cm, thinly coriaceous, elliptic to lanceolate; base +-narrowly cuneate; acumen to 1.5 cm long, narrow; nerves 4-6 pairs, rather broad, slightly raised on both surfaces, more prominently so beneath, curved, continuing almost parallel to the margin before terminating, at 45°-50°(-70°); midrib broad, rounded, slightly raised on both surfaces; tertiary nerves subscalariform; petiole 1-1.3 cm long. Panicle to 28 cm long, terminal or axillary, lax, spreading, glabrous, terete; doubly or trebly branched. Flower bud to 1.5 cm long, slender; calyx shortly sparsely pubescent; corolla rich lemon-yellow; appendage to connective rudimentary; flowers otherwise typical. Calyx lobes subequal, to 12 by 4 mm, ovate, obtuse, tapering to 3.5 mm broad at base, coriaceous, glabrous, becoming reflexed. Nut to 1.2 by 1.2 cm, globose, without style remnant, shortly fulvous pubescent.
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