Shrubs 2-3 m tall. Branchlets densely brown pubescent. Petiole 2-4.5 cm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate, (5-)10-13 (3-)5-6(-9) cm, papery, both surfaces pubescent, abaxial glands small and inconspicuous, base subrounded to subtruncate, margin entire or subentire, apex acuminate to short caudate, veins 4-7 pairs. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose thyrses, 3-10 7-19 cm; bracts oblong, 8-10 3-4 mm, pubescent glandular. Calyx campanulate, ca. 6 mm, teeth triangular, outside pubescent glandular. Corolla white or pinkish, puberulent; tube slender, 7-10 1 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 6 mm. Stamens exserted. Style longer than stamens. Drupes green, subglobose. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct.