Twigs, petioles, panicle, parts of petals exposed in bud and ovary densely persistently pale tawny somewhat scurfy pubescent, leaf undersurface and midrib above +-caducously so. Twig c. 3 mm ø, stout, rugose, with prominent raised petiole scars. Leaves 7-15 by 2.8-7.5 cm, elliptic, coriaceous, dull beneath, lustrous above; base +-broadly cuneate, acumen to 1 cm long, slender, prominent, nerves 10-11 pairs, ascending at c. 45°, rather straight, prominent beneath, somewhat less so above, as also the midrib; tertiary nerves densely reticulate, distinctly +-equally elevated on both surfaces; petiole 17-23 mm long. Panicle to 7 cm long, axillary, stout, irregularly doubly branched. Flower bud to 9 by 3 mm; sepals narrowly deltoid, unequal; anthers narrowly oblong, tapering; appendages slender but prominent; style slightly longer than ovary, expanding distally, capitate; stigma conical; flower otherwise typical. Fruit pedicel to 4 mm long, slender; 2 longer calyx lobes to 7 by 1.3 cm, broadly spatulate, obtuse, c. 5 mm broad at base; 3 shorter lobes to 20 by 8 mm, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute; nut to 8 mm ø, broadly ovoid or subglobose, mucronate.
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