Young twig, panicle, leaf bud and petiole densely shortly evenly +-persistently cream pubescent. Twig to 8 mm ø apically, ribbed or somewhat compressed, becoming terete, glabrous, smooth. Bud to 4 by 3 mm, ovoid, subacute. Stipule unknown. Leaves 8-16 by 3-8 cm, broadly or narrowly ovate, coriaceous; base broadly cuneate to subcordate, acumen to 1 cm long, short, broad; nerves 7-10 pairs, raised on both surfaces, more prominently so beneath, with short, slender secondary nerves; tertiary nerves reticulate; petiole 2-2.7 cm long, not geniculate. Panicle to 11 cm long, axillary, rarely terminal, lax, angular; branchlets to 1.5 cm long, short, with up to 12 close flowers; bracteoles to 3 by 2 mm, ovate, subacute, sparsely pubescent. Flower bud to 1.4 cm long; calyx densely pale brown, tomentose, flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 4 mm long; calyx puberulent at base, otherwise glabrous; 2 longer lobes to 5 by 1 cm, oblong-spatulate, obtuse, base to 3 mm broad, fusing with shorter lobes forming an up to 5 mm ø shallow cup adnate to the base of the fruit; 3 shorter lobes to 13 by 4 mm, lanceolate, acute. Nut to 7 by 7 mm, subglobose, sparsely cream pubescent; style remnant to 1 cm long, slender.
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