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Shrubs or small trees. Branches erect or ascending. Leaves clustered at apices of branches; stipules not seen; petiole short or nearly absent; leaf blade oblong or oblong-obovate, 4–7 × 2–3.5 cm, leathery, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute, apex obtuse. Panicle terminal; peduncle and pedicels brown tomentose, bracts caducous. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially tomentose. Sepals narrowly elliptic, 2.5–3 mm, abaxially pubescent. Petals obovate, ca. 1 cm × 5 mm. Stamens 20; filaments irregular. Ovary 2-loculed, with 2 ovules per locule; styles 2, slender, connate at base, glabrous, not exceeding stamens. Fruit globose, ca. 8 mm, fruiting pedicel thick. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Nov.

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