Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule, and petiole densely +-persistently pale brown scabrid tomentose, leaf nervation beneath and midrib above sparsely so. Twig to 2 mm ø apically, terete, smooth or slightly striated. Bud to 3.5 by 2 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipule to 7 by 3 mm, hastate, acute. Leaves 4.5-16 by 1.5-6 cm, thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate; base obtuse; acumen to 1.5 cm long, narrow; nerves 8-11 pairs, slender, curved, at 55°-70°, raised beneath, the lamina frequently bullate between them; secondary nerves slender, short; midrib slender, prominent beneath, +-applanate above; petiole 5-10 mm long. Panicle to 7.5 cm long, terete, terminal or axillary, singly branched; flower bud to 1.3 cm long; calyx shortly pubescent; corolla cream, suffused with violet towards base outside at first; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 2.5 mm long, short; calyx sparsely glabrescent, free to the impressed base; 2 longer lobes to 5.8 by 1.5 cm, chartaceous, oblong-spatulate, subacute, base to 3 mm broad, revolute; 3 shorter lobes to 25 by 6 mm, ovate, caudate-acuminate, similar at base. Nut to 14 by 8 mm, ellipsoid, obtuse, shortly pale yellow-brown pubescent; style remnant short or usually absent.
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