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Perrottetia racemosa Standl.

Protologue - English translation

Shrub except inflorescence almost entirely without hairs;
Branchlets slender, light brown colour;
Leaf thick papery with petiole; petiole slender 8-12 mm long; lamina lanceolate to oblong 7-12 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, narrowing to a sharp point, base acute, hairless, margin tightly crenate to serrate, veins lateral both sides of midrib hidden, approximately 4 are strongly ascending to the leaf tip;
Flowers raceme, many clustered flowers located in axils; short, stiff hairs, leaf short, double, pedicel slender 3 mm long;
Sepals curved backwards and blunt;
Capsule bottom spherical 3 mm diameter

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