Clethra canescens var. luzonica
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Description
Leaves elliptic, more rarely oblong-elliptic, apex shortly subacutely acuminate, sometimes more obtuse, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, sub-coriaceous, younger ones laxly set with minute stellate hairs above, densely clothed with rather small floccose stellate hairs on the prominent midrib and nerves, and more laxly so on the veins beneath, glabrous on the intervenium, moreover sparsely set with longer simple or fascicled hairs on midrib and nerves beneath, mature ones glabrescent first above, tardily beneath, subentire or minutely (rarely more deeply) serrate, (3.5-)4-7(-10) by (1.5-)2-4(-5) cm, nerves 10-12(-14) pairs, curved, rather approximate, ± parallel and anastomosing;
Petals white or cream, irregularly erose at apex, 3-3.5 mm.