Tree, up to 21 m, 25 cm dbh. Twigs ± as thick as the petioles, only a few internodes long. Axillary buds 2, 0.5-1.3 mm. Petiole 3.5-4.5 mm. Leaf-blade 4.8-8(-9) by 1.2-2.2(-3.5) cm, apex cuspidate to acuminate; above olive-to dark-green, rather dull; beneath glaucous-papillose, secondary nerves 4-6 pairs, not forming an intramarginal nerve; glands 2-7, 0.1(-0.2) mm diam. Inflorescences unbranched, much shorter than the leaves, bearing only 3-6 flowers; axes slender, slightly flattened, glabrous to sparsely very shortly patently hairy. Pedicel 1.5—2.5(—3) mm, very shortly patently hairy. Sepals with a small apical tuft; outer ones 2-2.2 by 1.5-1.8 mm, very sparsely very shortly hairy outside; inner ones c. 2.7 by 3 mm, glabrous outside. Petals yellowish, when dry yellowish orange, very sparsely hairy to glabrous outside, apically slightly tufted and distinctly ciliate, basally rather densely hairy at both sides, the longest one 7.5-8.5 mm long. Stamens: anthers c. 0.4 mm long, with few hairs at base. Ovary appressedly hairy; ovules 4. Fruit (immature) ovoid-globular, olive-brown, smooth, with a distinct remainder of the style, roughly pubescent, glabrescent.
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