Arbores vel frutices. Folia ovata vel lanceolata, apice acutato ad longe acuminato, 
triplinervia aut subtriplinrvia, infra plus minusve pubescentia trichomatibus undulatis, adpressis; 
domatiis praesentibus ad axillas nonnullas venarum secundariarum et tertiariarum, pagina foliari 
utrinque ad domatia subplana. Inflorescentia ex cymis in paniculam aggregatis constans, 
plerumque bracteas foliaceas satis persistentes gerens. Flos tepalis extus sicut pedicello glabris 
vel sparsium pubescentibus, hypanthio intus saltem pro dimidio inferno glabrato; tepalis integris 
in fructu persistentibus. 
Trees 4 - 6 (10) m, or shrubs 2 - 3 m tall; twigs tomentose or velutinous, hairs 0.15 - 0.25 
mm long, wavy or curly, appressed, sometimes erect and up to 0.8 mm long; petiole (5) 7.5 - 12 
(16.5) mm long, tomentose; leaf blade (2) 5.5 - 10.5 (15) cm long, and (1.2) 2.5 - 4 (5.5) cm 
wide, ovate to lanceolate, few times elliptic, apex acute to long acuminate, base rounded to acute, 
often oblicuous, upper surface sparsely tomentose to glabrous with aging, lower surface 
tomentose to glabrescent, hairs wavy to curly, appressed; venation triplinerved or 
subtriplinerved, with 3 -5 (7) pairs of secondary veins, slightly marked on upper surface, raised 
on lower surface, tomentose to glabrescent on lower surface; primary domatia present in all axils 
of secondary veins, secondary domatia usually present in several axils of tertiary veins; 
inflorescence (3.5) 5 - 9.5 (11.5) cm long, axillary to leaves, sometimes clustered on the tips of 
twigs, very often with foliose bracts rather persistent, cymose-paniculate, villous to sparsely 
tomentose, flower pedicel 4 - 6.5 (8.5) mm long, tomentose or glabrous; flowers ca. 2.5 mm 
long, narrowly campanulate to urceolate, greenish yellow, tepals 2.1 - 1.7 mm long, and 1.5 - 2 
mm wide, ovate to widely ovate, glabrous or sparsely tomentose outside, sericeous inside, 
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