Shrub to 4 m without lignotuber. Stems tomentose, at length glabrous. Leaves: petiole 5-20 mm long; lamina narrowly cuneate-oblong, 10-16 cm long, 15-25 mm wide, truncate; margins slightly recurved, shortly dentate; both surfaces tomentose. Inflorescence 6-10 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose, mostly falling early. Flowers bright orange inside, pale outside with white hairs; styles orange. Perianth 34-35 mm long including limb of 5-6 mm, hirsute outside, glabrous inside. Pistil 35-38 mm long, curved, glabrous; pollen presenter narrow with swelling at centre and constriction below, 4-5 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 20, narrowly elliptic, 20-25 mm long, 5-10 mm high, 8-10 mm wide, smooth, hirsute. Seed obliquely obovate, 14-16 mm long; seed body broadly elliptic, 9-10 mm long, 12 mm wide, shallowly pitted outside, muricate inside.
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