Shrub to 3 m, without lignotuber. Bark fissured, grey. Stems hoary. Leaves: petiole 2-8 mm long; lamina obovate to narrowly cuneate, 15-50 mm long, 6-15 mm wide, truncate; margins flat or gently recurved, obtusely serrate; upper surface rusty-tomentose becoming scurfy; lower surface glabrous except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet, 9-17 cm long; flowers crowded; involucral bracts linear, 8-10 mm long, villous, falling early. Flowers cream including styles. Perianth 40-44 mm long including limb of 4.5-5.5 mm; claws appressed-pubescent in upper half, glabrous below and inside; limb glabrous. Pistil gently curved, 39-43 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter 1.5-1.8 mm long, obscurely ribbed. Old flowers persistent in fruit. Follicles up to 50, elliptic, 13-20 mm long, 7-10 mm high, 6-9 mm wide, warted, sparsely hairy. Seed 22-24 mm long; seed body obovate, 11-13 mm long, 7-8 mm wide, with scattered small ridges each side.
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