Shrub to 2 m tall, without lignotuber. Bark finely fissured, grey. Stems tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina undulate, narrowly cuneate, 5-14 cm long, 13-24 mm wide, truncate; margins ±recurved, pungently dentate-serrate with many teeth, teeth 4-6 mm long; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except wool in pits in lower surface. Inflorescence 5-9 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose, persistent. Flowers cream at base, deep pink to red in upper half; styles cream. Perianth 30-33 mm long including limb of 8-9 mm, glabrous on both sides. Pistil straight, 30-32 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter narrowly fusiform, c. 6 mm long, finely ribbed, muricate. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 25, elliptic-ovate, 35-40 mm long, 22-25 mm high, 15-25 mm wide; valves convex, slightly rugose, tomentose. Seed obovate, 43-47 mm long; seed body cuneate, 14-15 mm long, 16-17 mm wide, smooth inside, ridged outside.
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