Shrub to 3 m tall, usually bushy, without lignotuber. Bark thin, finely fissured, grey. Stems hirsute and pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina narrowly obovate to cuneate, 3-10 cm long, 4-25 mm wide, obtuse; margins recurved, serrate; both surfaces hirsute and pubescent, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet on older stem, 5-11 cm long; involucral bracts hirsute, falling early. Flowers cream with greyish cream limb, sometimes pale rusty; styles cream with deep pink pollen presenter. Perianth 30-35 mm long including limb of 3-4 mm, hirsute outside, glabrous inside. Pistil slightly curved, 35-38 mm long, glabrous except a few short hairs above ovary; pollen presenter narrowly ovoid, 1.5-2 mm long, finely ribbed. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 50, elliptic, 15-20 mm long, 4-8 mm high, 10-15 mm wide, smooth, tomentose. Seed obovate, 21-25 mm long; seed body cuneate, 8-11 mm long, 10-11 mm wide, pitted and rugose outside, smooth inside.
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