Young twig, raceme, leaf bud, stipule, and petiole shortly sparsely grey puberulent, glabrescent. Twig to 1 mm ø apically, slender, terete, becoming smooth. Bud to 1.5 by 1 mm, conical, subacute. Stipule to 2.5 mm long, narrowly hastate, acute, fugaceous. Leaves 5-8.5 by 1.3-2.5 cm, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, thinly coriaceous; base obtuse; acumen to 1 cm long, narrow; nerves 10-14 pairs, slender, curved near the margin, hardly raised beneath, at 75°-85°, well spaced, with short obscure secondary nerves; midrib slender, raised beneath, slightly depressed, especially towards the base, above; petiole to 4 mm long, short, slender. Flowers unknown; panicle to 3 cm long, terminal or axillary, singly branched, pale brown puberulent. Fruit pedicel to 7 mm long, slender; calyx entirely glabrous, lobes free to base; 2 longer lobes to 6.2 by 1.4 cm, chartaceous, spatulate, narrowly obtuse, to 2.5 mm broad at base; 3 shorter lobes to 15 by 2.5 mm, hastate, acute. Nut to 18 by 8 mm, ovoid, glabrous, drying black; style remnant to 4 mm long, linear.
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