Abstract: Arbores ad 7-18 m altae, ut videtur sempervirentes; cortice laticifera. Ramuli juniores 2 - 6 mm crassi, striati, atrobrunneo-nigricanti, sparse lenticil-lati, subglabri, juveniles ut pedunculis petiolisque dense ferrugineo-velutinis, sti-pulae trigulari-lanceolatae, 1-1.2 cm longae, tarde caducae. Folia coriacea, c. 4-24x (1.5-) 5-10 cm, elliptica ad elliptici-vel obovati-oblonga, abrupte brevissime acuminata (acumine 1-1.5 cm longo) , basi late cuneata vel subro-tundeta; paulo obliqua, Integra, supra glabra, nitidula, in sicco atro-olivacea, costa interdum sparse albo-pubescente, subtus cinnamomeo-glaucescentia, costa nervis lateralibusque venulisque prominentibus, reticulato-foveolatis, velutino-puberulentibus; nervi laterales utrinquc c. 7-11 (-15) curvati, subtus prominent!, rigro-brunnei, nervis transversalibus plurimis, parallelibus; petiolus 15-40 mm longus.

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