Young twig, raceme, leaf bud, stipule, and petiole densely persistently deep fulvous-brown flocculent tomentose; sparsely so, caducous, on leaf nervation beneath. Twig to 2.5 mm ø apically, terete or slightly compressed, smooth or slightly flaked. Bud to 4 by 3 mm, conical, subacute. Stipule to 12 by 2.5 mm, linear, caducous. Leaves 8-17 by 2.5-5 cm, narrowly oblong to obovate; base cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, narrow; nerves 15-20 pairs, slender, prominent beneath, curved towards the apices, at 60°-70°, with prominent short secondaries; midrib terete, prominently raised beneath, slender, flat to slightly raised above; petiole 1-1.2 cm long. Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete, singly branched. Flower bud to 5 mm long, subglobose. Calyx densely rust-brown powdery tomentose; appendage to connective as long as anther, stout; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel 5 mm long, 2 mm ø, pale rufous pubescent, hidden in the base of the calyx. Calyx lobes 2.5 by 1.5 cm, ovate, acute, revolute, bases subcor-date. Nut 12 mm ø globose, densely rufous pubescent, completely hidden in, but free from, the calyx.
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