Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, midrib beneath and petiole ± persistently densely evenly pink-brown puberulent. Twig to 1.5 mm ø apically, slender, ribbed or terete, becoming smooth or rugulose. Bud to 2 by 1.5 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipule unknown. Leaves 6-10 by 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, coriaceous; base cuneate; acumen to 6 mm long; nerves 7-9 pairs, hardly raised on either surface, at 30°-35°, strongly curved, with short secondary nerves; midrib slender, prominent beneath, +-applanate above; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, slender, not swollen distally. Panicle to 5 cm long, axillary, terete, densely pink-brown pubescent. Flower bud to 1 cm long; densely pink-brown pubescent; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel c. 5 mm long, slender; calyx caducous rufous powdery tomentose; lobes free to base; 2 longer lobes to 5.5 by 1.5 cm, oblong-spatulate, to 4 mm broad at the non-revolute base; 3 shorter lobes to 18 by 7 mm, unequal, narrowly ovate, tapering, acute, slightly constricted at base, not revolute. Nut to 1 cm ø, globose, puberulent to glabrous, crowned by a short acute style remnant.
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