Much-branched shrub or tree, up to ± 12 m.. Branches glabrous or glabrescent, minutely lenticellate; branchlets tomentose to velutinous, often densely so, often soon lenticellate.. Stipules narrowly triangular, 2–6 mm. long, hairy as branchlet, usually early caducous.. Petiole (2–)3–8(–9) mm. long, hairy as branchlet; blade usually coriaceous, elliptic to obovate or oblong, (4–)8–13(–17) × (2–)3–7(–9) cm., on flowering shoots or parts often considerably smaller on non-flowering ones, rounded to cuneate or sometimes obtuse at base, rounded-obtuse, sometimes acute or emarginate, or acuminate at apex, the acumen emarginate to acute, up to 0.5(–1) cm. long; usually tomentose to velutinous on both surfaces when young, more densely so, often felty, and usually longer persistent beneath, margin revolute or not, midrib impressed above, prominent beneath, main lateral nerves 4–6(–7) pairs; glands few, often hidden by the indumentum.. Inflorescence a subglobose head, rarely sessile, obscurely shortly branched or basally once distinctly so, usually single in the leaf-axil, up to ± 40-flowered, densely pubescent-puberulous; peduncle (0–)5–15(–20) mm. long, often provided with 1–2 bracts well below the head; bracts and bracteoles narrowly triangular to subulate, 0.5–5 mm. long; pedicel up to ± 5 mm. long, the upper part 0–0.5(–1) mm. long.. Sepals erect to slightly spreading, oblong to ovate to obovate, 3–4(–5) × 1–2 mm., densely shortly appressed-pubescent to tomentose on both sides.. Petals erect, oblong to narrowly obovate in outline, 3–4 × 1–1.5 mm., split 0.2–1 mm., glabrous or with a few hairs outside or on margin, glabrous inside, lobes ± flat, inrolled or not.. Stamens erect, 3–4 mm. long, glabrous.. Pistil 3-merous, 3–4.5 mm. long; ovary densely velutinous to somewhat tomentose; style glabrous, rarely with a few hairs.. Fruits 1–2(–3)-seeded, velutinous-tomentose to tomentellous, yellow at maturity; 1-seeded fruits subellipsoid to subglobose, 1.5–2.5 × 1–2 cm.; exocarp usually echinate to ± rugose-wrinkled, sometimes almost smooth, with protuberances up to ± 4 mm. thick; endocarp distinct, pergamentaceous, fibrous, finely striate inside.. Seeds ellipsoid, up to 15 × 12 mm.
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Leaf-lamina 4–14 × 2–7 cm., oblong-lanceolate, oblong-obovate or oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, grey-tomentose above when young, sometimes glabrescent later, densely yellow-grey tomentose below, rarely glabrescent later; lateral nerves 3–4 pairs, conspicuous above and prominent below; petiole 4–10 mm. long; stipules linear, c. 2 mm. long, early caducous.
Shrub up to 4 m. tall; young branches, leaves and inflorescence covered with a reddish-yellow-grey indumentum; bark of old branches with small sparse lenticels.
Inflorescence corymbose, many-flowered, axillary, 2–3 cm. long; peduncle 3–10 mm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long, tomentose.
Petals c. 4 mm. long, lanceolate, shortly 2-fid; squamulous glands conspicuous.
Calyx c. 4 mm. long with sepals ± lanceolate, tomentose on both surfaces.
Ovary subovoid, tomentose; style c. 4 mm. long, glabrous, 3-lobed.
Fruit 1–1·5 cm. long, oblong, densely grey-tomentose.
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