Tree, up to 12 m, 17 cm dbh. Twigs very densely patently hairy (hairs up to 1 mm). Axillary buds tri-angular, 0.5-4.5 mm long, basally strongly thickened, acutish. Petiole 5-6 mm, very densely hairy. Leaf-blade 9.5-19 by 4-8 cm, base cordate, apex acutish; above dark green; beneath glaucous-papillose, rather sparsely hairy, midrib rather densely hairy, secondary nerves c. 6-8 pairs, forming an indistinct intramarginal nerve in apical part; glands numerous, scattered, c. 0.1 mm diam. Inflorescences unbranched, shorter than the leaves; axes densely minutely hairy (hairs up to 0.4 mm); in basal part flowers with up to 3 together, sometimes turned upside-down. Pedicel 7.5-9.5 mm, densely patently minutely hairy (hairs up to 0.25(-0.4) mm). Sepals nearly glabrous (very shortly hairy); outer sepals 2.5-2.7 by 3-3.6 mm, with rather distinct glandular spots; inner sepals 3.2-4 by 2.8-3.4 mm. Petals orange-red when dry, glabrous except for the ciliate base, the longest one c. 16-16.5 mm long, minutely hairy at base along margin, further glabrous. Stamens: anthers 2.2 mm long. Ovary patently hairy; style glabrous in apical half; ovules 13. Fruit (immature) apically pointed; pedicel c. 10-12 mm.
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