Small to medium-sized tree. Buds, petioles and panicles densely persistently pale brown scabrid puberulent; parts of petals exposed in bud and ovary evenly so, sepals caducously evenly so; parts otherwise glabrous. Twigs c. 2 mm ø apically, red-brown, prominently rugose and ribbed, becoming flaky. Buds to 3 by 2 mm, ellipsoid, Leaves (4-)5-13 by (1.5-)2.5-5.5 cm, elliptic or obovate, thinly coriaceous; base narrowly cuneate; acumen to 6 mm long, short but slender; nerves 7-10 pairs, ascending, straight at first, arching and forming a ± incomplete intramarginal nerve, slender but prominent beneath, elevated above, with a few short secondaries; tertiary nerves distantly reticulate, clearly evident on both surfaces though more so below; petiole 5-11 mm long, short, rather stout. Panicles to 1.6 cm long, short, very slender, axillary or terminal, hardly branched; buds to 3 by 2 mm, ellipsoid; sepals narrowly deltoid, lanceolate, subacute; anthers broadly oblong, tapering distally to the deltoid appendages; style broadly columnar, slightly longer than the ovary, terminating in a prominent rim beneath the deltoid style. Fruit pedicel to 6 mm long, slender; 2 longer calyx lobes to 5 by 1.4 cm, spatulate, subacute or obtuse; 3 shorter lobes to 12 by 3 mm, lanceolate, acute; nut to 8 mm ø, subglobose, apiculate.
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