Open shrub 0.8-1.5 m tall. Leaves entire, narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 2.5-3.8 cm long, 5-10 mm wide; margins shortly recurved to almost flat; upper surface coarsely granular to glabrous; lower surface loosely subsericeous. Conflorescence terminal or axillary, simple or few-branched, erect; unit conflorescence a loose subsecund 6-14-flowered cluster, basipetal; floral rachis 8-15 (-25) mm long, loosely villous. Flowers acroscopic. Flower colour: perianth green, becoming red except at base; style green throughout. Perianth sparsely subsericeous to loosely tomentose outside, bearded inside c. 3 mm from base, sparsely sericeous above beard; tepals with apiculum 0.7-1.5 mm long; limb of bud acute. Pistil 25-27 mm long; ovary subsessile, villous; style tomentose (biramous hairs) and also with minute simple hairs in basal half; pollen-presenter almost lateral. Follicle loosely subvillous, with 3-5 longitudinal ridges; style persistent, erect.
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