Tree to 13 m tall; young stems densely coarsely ferruginous pubescent.. Leaves oblong to oblong-obovate, 6–18.5 cm long, 3.3–10.5 cm wide, rounded to truncate and shortly and abruptly acuminate at the apex, sometimes deeply and irregularly incised, rounded, sometimes slightly asymmetric, at the base, margin coarsely serrate, scabrid-pubescent above, with denser pubescence on the veins, densely pubescent beneath and concolorous; petiole 5–8 mm long, densely pubescent; stipules unequal, winged on one side.. Inflorescence a 1–3-flowered cyme, 1–2 in a leaf-axil, covered with a dense ferruginous pubescence; peduncle 11–20 mm long; pedicels 8–14 mm long.. Flowers yellow; sepals 11–15 mm long; petals broadly obovate to subcircular, 3–6 mm long.. Androgynophore glabrous for 1.5–3 mm long, cup-like and densely pubescent at the apex.. Stamens 8–13 mm long.. Ovary ± 2 mm long, densely hairy, stipitate; style 7–9 mm long.. Fruit 2-lobed, or unlobed by abortion, the lobes 7–12 mm long, 7–10 mm wide, with a few scattered long hairs, green when unripe.. Fig. 4/52 (leaf, p. 11).
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A shrub. It can be 3 m tall or up to 10 or more m tall. The crown is large and round. The leaves are large. They are 4-14 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. They have teeth around the edge. The flowers are yellow. The fruit usually occur in pairs and are orange. They are 1 cm across.
Open savannah, at forest edges and river banks and in bushland, at elevations from sea level to 300 metres. Woodland in depression with black soil; riverine and secondary forest; at elevations from 150-950 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in wooded grassland and open savannah. It is both in the lowlands from sea level to 300 m above sea level.
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