Shrub to 8 m tall, without lignotuber. Bark smooth, grey. Stems velvety. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina broadly linear, truncate, divided into 15-30 triangular lobes each side, 20-45 cm long, 2-4 cm wide; margins recurved; upper surface tomentose, glabrescent; lower surface white-tomentose. Inflorescence terminal, conspicuous, 4-12 cm long; involucral bracts velvety, falling early. Flowers cream to pale yellow; styles cream. Perianth 40-45 mm long including limb of 5-6 mm, hirsute outside, glabrous inside. Pistil curved, 40-50 mm long, hirsute; pollen presenter oblong, 4-5 mm long, kinked at middle, deep red. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 20, prominent, elliptic, 35-50 mm long, 20-30 mm high, 20-30 mm wide, with a thick suture, densely velvety. Seed obovate, 37-45 mm long; seed body obovate-cuneate, 10-14 mm long, 9-12 mm wide, smooth outside, muricate inside.
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