?Dioecious, erect shrub, c. 1 m. Branches glabrous, greyish. Leaves (broad-)elliptic, 15-22 by 5-11 cm, thin-coriaceous, glabrous above, sub-glabrous beneath; glands few, very small, on the lower surface; base acute, decurrent; apex sub-abruptly acuminate, acumen short, broad, blunt to acute; nerves c. 1 pairs, straight to faintly curved, more or less distinctly interarching near the margin. Inflorescences 1-4 cm long, shortly stalked, densely fulvous tomentose, with c. 10-20 flowers. Flowers known only in bud and from remains under the fruit. Calyx c. 3 mm, densely fulvous-tomentose outside. Petals slightly emarginate, glabrous. Infructescences c. 1.5 cm, sparsely pilose, with up to 4 fruits. Fruits (young) (2-)3-lobed, 1 by 1 cm, the lobes obovate, more or less densely fulvous-tomentose, probably more or less glabrescent; sutures distinct.
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