Tree, up to 10 m, 10 cm dbh. Twigs very densely brownish patently hairy with a mixture of very small and long hairs. Axillary buds nearly completely covered by indumentum, narrowly triangular, possibly up to 2.5 mm long. Petiole 4-10 mm, very densely patently pubescent. Leaf-blade 5-24 by 1.5-8.5 cm, base obtuse to slightly cordate, apex obtuse to cuspidate; above greyish green to light brownish, midrib and nerves sunken, venation obscure; beneath con-colorous, rather densely patently pubescent, secondary nerves 5-8 pairs, forming a distinct intramarginal nerve; glands 2-8, up to 0.1 mm diam. Inflorescences unbranched or basally with a pair of side axes, shorter than to as long as the leaves; axes strongly, flattened and ribbed at base, densely rather shortly hairy, mixed with longer patent hairs; bracts and bracteoles small, relatively long-persistent. Pedicel 2.5-5.5 mm, ribbed, minutely densely patently hairy. Sepals: outer sepals 2.4-3 by 2.1-3.1 mm; inner sepals 3.4-3.8 by 2.9-3.5 mm. Petals purplish, when dry brownish orange, the longest one 7.5-10 mm; carina minutely hairy outside, inside minutely appressedly hairy in apical and basal part; other petals minutely patently hairy in apical part outside, upper petals inside glabrous to rather densely patently hairy. Stamens: filaments free or 1 mm connate, ex-serted from the carina in open flowers; anthers c. 0.5-0.7 mm long. Ovary more or less patently pubescent; ovules 4. Fruit (immature) shortly beaked or apically rounded, verrucately ribbed.
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