Erect shrub to 2.5 (–4) m high. Branches stellate-tomentose. Stellate hairs with rays to 0.1 mm long. Leaves simple; petiole 3–16 mm long; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic or lanceolate, 8–90 mm long, 3–27 mm wide, cuneate to obtuse at base, acute, ± mucronate; adaxial surface nearly glabrous or stellate-tomentose. Inflorescence 3–15-flowered; peduncle 0.5–9 mm long; pedicels 0.5–5 mm long. Sepals 1–3 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, acuminate. Petals 2–5.5 mm long (–7 mm when in fruit), pink to white; adaxial surface with a sparse to moderately dense indumentum. Stamens: filaments glabrous or with 1–3 hairs; anther apiculum absent or minute. Cocci with a few hairs. Seeds shiny or dull.
Found on sandstone, sand or rarely limestone in monsoon forest, open woodland and heath communities.
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