Twig endings, petioles, panicles, calyx outside, parts of petals exposed in. bud and ovary ± densely persistently ferruginous scabrous puberulent, elsewhere glabrous. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, slender, at first rugulose, becoming smooth, pale brown. Leaves 4-11 by 13-25 cm, narrowly elliptic, thinly coriaceous; tapering to a narrowly obtuse base and to a 1 cm long acumen; margin ± narrowly revolute; nerves 12-14 pairs, arched, slender but prominent beneath, elevated above, with short less prominent secondary nerves; tertiary nerves subreticulate, distinctly elevated on both surfaces but more prominent beneath as also the midrib; petiole 4-9 mm long, short. Panicle to 5 cm long, slender, terminal or axillary, irregularly doubly branched. Flower bud to 5 by 3 mm, lanceolate, small; sepals subequal; anthers nkrrowly oblong; appendages prominent, deltoid; style columnar, expanding distally, slightly longer than ovary; stigma deltoid; flowers otherwise typical. Mature fruit unknown; very young fruit with subequal reflexed calyx lobes.
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