Small shrub, c. 60 cm, with very few small prickles, rufous tomentose on its young parts. Leaves simple, spaced towards the ends of the branches, subcoriaceous; petiole 5-8 cm, c. 2 mm ø, with a basal sheath and a small ligule; blade elliptic or ovate 20-26 by 10-12 cm, apex shortly acuminate, base rounded to cuneate, rufous stellate hairs persistent beneath, midrib prominent, lateral veins widely spaced, arched ascending, margin minutely and remotely dentate. Inflorescence: peduncle short, bearing lanceolate bracts; umbellules on short lateral branches, with 15-20 flowers on slender pedicels c. 1.5 cm long, subtended by minute puberulent bracts. Calyx with 5 indistinct teeth. Ovary rotund, surmounted by a slender stylar column 1 mm long.
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