Shrub, spreading to 2 m across, without lignotuber. Stems on surface, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 6-15 cm long; lamina oblong to narrowly cuneate, 20-40 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, obtuse; margins recurved, obtusely dentate; upper surface velvety, glabrescent; lower surface closely white-tomentose. Inflorescence 9-16 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose. Flowers pink or reddish with cream limb; styles cream. Perianth 24-27 mm long including limb of 3.5-4 mm, loosely hirsute outside, glabrous or almost so inside; limb hirsute. Pistil gently curved, 31-34 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter scarcely swollen, 0.5-0.8 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 20, elliptic, 28-38 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, densely tomentose. Seed obovate, 25-28 mm long; seed body cuneate, 10-15 mm long, 14-20 mm wide, smooth inside, pitted outside.
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