Shrub 1-2.5 m, divaricately branched; young branchlets rather densely pilose, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, 1.5 cm, obtusely subcaudate-acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, little inequilateral,membranaceous to chartaceous, brown and dull when dry, densely pellucid-punctate and-striate, glabrous above, softly and rather densely pilose to tomentose below specially onthe midrib and nerves, regularly sinuate-serrate, teeth sharp, 1-1.5 mm high and 4-6 mm distant,(10-)12-17 by (4-)5-7 cm; midrib little prominent above, more distinctly so beneath, nerves 11-13 ascending pairs, red on the lower surface ofyoung leaves, veins inconspicuous above, little elevated underneath. Stipules pubescent, acute, finely serrate. Flowers several in each axillary cluster, sessile. Bracts membranous, rather numerous, ciliate at the apex, glabrous elsewhere, l.5 mm. Calyx oblong, in all c. 2.5 mm long, laxly pubescent outside, glabrous inside; lobes free, obtuse, 1 mm. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous, alternately 1/2 respectively 0.3 mm long. Staminodes deltoid, pilose at the apex, 0.3 mm. Ovary ovoid, pilose at the apex. Fruit fleshy, red, 1.5 cm long, crowned by the subpersistent, 1 mm long style; peduncle 1 mm.
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