Small tree, up to 5 (-8?) m high. Twigs more or less reticulately wrinkled. Axillary buds 2 (or 3), 1.2—1.8(—3) mm long. Petiole c. 5-6.5 mm. Leaf-blade 4-16 by 1.5-7 cm, margin undulate, apex acu-tish; above slightly bullate to flat between secondary nerves, greenish to brownish; beneath glaucous-papillose, secondary nerves 4-6 pairs, forming a rather distinct intramarginal nerve; glands numerous, scattered, 0.1-0.2 mm diam. Inflorescences unbranched, about as long as the leaves; axes flattened basally, angular, dull, light brownish, glabrous. Pedicel 1.5-2.5 mm, dull, brownish, glabrous. Sepals glabrous outside; outer sepals 3 by 2.1 mm; inner sepals 3.8 by 2.8 mm. Petals light brownish or orange when dry, minutely ciliate apically, the longest one 10-11 mm long; carina sparsely appressedly minutely hairy outside. Stamens: anthers c. 0.3 mm long, glabrous or with very few short hairs at base. Ovary completely glabrous; style very sparsely more or less appressedly hairy; ovules 4. Fruit globular to broadly ovoid, c. 1.8 cm diam., smooth, brown; pedicel c. 5 mm.
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