Young twig, raceme, leaf bud, stipule, petiole and nervation beneath +-persistently shortly evenly rich vinous pubescent, tending to rub off leaf undersurface. Twig to 1.5 mm ø apically, slender, much branched, becoming pale grey and brown mottled, glabrous, frequently thinly cracked and flaked. Bud to 1.5 mm long and Ø, ovoid, obtuse. Stipule to 5 by 2.5 mm, oblong, subacute, caducous. Leaves 6-15 by 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic to lanceolate; base narrow, obtuse to cuneate; acumen to 1.2 cm long, narrow; nerves 12-20 pairs, slender, ± prominent beneath, curved, close set, at 50°-70° to the midrib, with short slender secondary nerves; midrib slender, prominent, terete below, flat above; petiole 6-13 mm long, slender. Panicle to 7 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete, singly or doubly branched; flower bud to 6 mm long, small; calyx sparsely vinous cinereous; appendage to connective short, obtuse; flowers otherwise typical. Fruit calyx densely shortly vinous puberulent on both surfaces; lobes to 9 by 8 mm, equal, obovate, ± abruptly'revolute, thickened, reflexed at base but curving outwards and ± rotate apically; nut to 8 mm ø, globose, densely vinous puberulent; style remnant short.
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