Shrubs or trees to 100 dm. Leaves stipulate (stipules caducous); blade usually palmately lobed, base cuneate to rounded or cordate, surfaces hairy, hairs mostly stellate, (1–)3–7-veined from base. Inflorescences flowers solitary, (usually supra-axillary). Flowers: epicalyx caducous; sepals coppery, orange, or yellow, sometimes with red, weakly imbricate or valvate, adaxially glandular or pitted near base, apex often apiculate to attenuate; filament bases connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary sessile, carpels (4–)5, connate; styles 1; stigmas 1. Capsules 4–5-locular, usually densely hairy abaxially. Seeds 2–3 per locule, often carunculate.
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