Young vegetative parts densely powdery fulvous tomentose, fugaceous on leaf, subpersistent only on panicle, leaf bud and stipule. Twig to 2 mm ø apically, becoming smooth, glabrous. Bud to 3 by 3.5 mm, ovoid, acute. Stipule to 20 by 3.5 mm, narrowly oblong, subacute, caducous. Leaves 10-17 by 3.5-5.5 cm, coriaceous, narrowly oblong; base obtuse or cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long; nerves 12-22 pairs, raised beneath, curved, at 45°-70°, with short secondary nerves; midrib obtuse, raised beneath, applanate or slightly raised above; petiole 1-2 cm long, slightly geniculate. Panicle to 11 cm long, terminal, occasionally axillary, densely persistently fulvous tomentose, terete or angular; singly, rarely doubly, branched; bracteoles fugaceous. Flower bud to 7 by 3 mm, fusiform; calyx densely pubescent on both surfaces, lobes narrowly deltoid, acute; appendage to connective short, stout; style very short, not exceeding anthers; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel 3-5 mm long, calyx fulvous powdery tomentose, glabrescent, base impressed; 2 longer lobes to 13 by 2 cm, free to base, oblong, slightly recurved, hastate, acute; base to 7 mm broad, +-revolute. Nut to 3 cm ø, globose, shortly densely persistently pale fulvous tomentose.
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