Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule, and petiole ± densely evenly shortly caducous fulvous pubescent. Twig to 3 mm ø apically, terete or ribbed, becoming smooth. Bud to 1.5 by 1 mm, ovoid, subacute. Stipule to 5 by 1.5 mm, hastate, acute. Leaves 7.5-15 by 3-6.5 cm, coriaceous, +-elliptic; base ± cuneate; acumen to 5 mm long, deltoid; nerves 9-12 pairs, curved, prominent, stout, terete beneath, slightly raised above; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, thickened in the distal half. Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, singly or doubly branched. Flower buds to 1.3 cm long; calyx densely shortly cream pubescent; flower typical. Fruit pedicel to 5 mm long, slender. Calyx lobes caducous, pink-brown pubescent, free almost to the pedicel, fused into a flat plate at the base; 2 longer lobes to 8 by 2.5 cm, oblong-spatulate, chartaceous, constricted to 6 mm wide at the base; 3 shorter lobes to 30 by 8 mm, hastate, acute, constricted to 4 mm wide at base. Nut to 8 mm long and Ø, globose, shortly evenly fulvous pubescent, crowned by the up to 2 mm long abrupt linear style remnant.
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