Young twig, bud, petiole and occasionally nervation beneath shortly pale grey-brown caducous puberulent. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, terete, much branched, at first striated, becoming smooth; stipule scars short, obscure. Bud to 2 by 2 mm, subglobose. Stipule fugaceous. Leaves 4.8-14 by 1.7-5.5 cm, narrowly oblong to obovate or rarely lanceolate, chartaceous; margin revolute; base cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, slender; nerves 11-14 pairs, unraised above, prominent beneath, at 55°-60°, without secondary nerves; tertiary nerves scalariform, slender but elevated beneath; midrib hardly raised above, prominent beneath; petiole 8-20 mm long. Flowers unknown. Panicle to 3 cm long, singly branched, terete, striated, shortly evenly persistently grey-brown puberulent. Fruit pedicel to 8 mm long, slender. Calyx glabrescent; 2 longer lobes to 8 by 2 cm, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, c. 3 mm broad above the base; 3 shorter lobes to 20 by 6 mm, lanceolate, acute, to c. 3 mm broad at base, hardly recurved. Nut to 6 by 5 mm, subglobose, buff sericeous.
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