Shrub to 4 m, without lignotuber. Bark rough, flaking. Stems tomentose. Leaves scattered; petiole 2-5 mm long; lamina narrowly cuneate, 2-6 cm long, 7-21 mm wide, truncate; margins flat, obtusely serrate; both surfaces tomentose-hirsute, glabrescent except fine pits in lower surface. Inflorescence on short lateral branchlet or terminal, 10-27 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose-hirsute. Flowers red-maroon where exposed, otherwise pale greenish yellow, pink inside; limb greenish; rarely all yellow. Perianth 29-39 mm long including limb of 4-5 mm, glabrous. Pistil curved, 30-40 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter cylindrical, 1 mm long, obscurely ribbed. Old flowers long-persistent. Follicles narrowly elliptic, 18-20 mm long, 6-9 mm high, 7-10 mm wide, warted, glabrous. Seed obliquely obovate, 20-22 mm long; seed body 10-11 mm long, 6-8 mm wide, slightly rugose on both sides.
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