Shrub or small tree, sometimes scandent, to 8 m tall; young branches shortly densely brown-to ferruginous stellate-pubescent.. Leaves elliptic, 7–16 cm long, 2.3–7 cm wide, acute to acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, margins evenly finely serrate, ± glabrous except for a stellate pubescence on the veins above, densely softly stellate-pubescent all over beneath; petiole 8–13 mm long, shortly stellate-pubescent; stipules subulate to linear, 4–10 mm long, deeply divided or entire.. Inflorescences leaf-opposed axillary or terminal 1–6-flowered cymes, the axes shortly stellate-pubescent; peduncle 8–20 mm long; pedicels 4–8 mm long.. Sepals 17–20 mm long, white inside, green outside; petals lanceolate, 7–10 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, pink.. Androgynophore glabrous for ± 0–0.5 mm at the base, densely hairy but not produced at the apex.. Stamens 12–17 mm long; filaments white flushed with pink especially towards the apex.. Ovary 1.5–2 mm long, densely hairy; style 14–17 mm long.. Fruit (1–)4-lobed, 10–15 mm wide, the lobes 6–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, green when young, scattered with hairs with a small wart at their base.. Fig. 3/15 (leaf, p. 9).
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Shrub or small tree, more or less scandent, to 30 ft. high
A straggling bush or small tree. It grows 9 m high.
Flowers fairly large, pale pinkish or white
Secondary forest; fallow land, gallery forest; at elevations from 1,050-1,250 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in secondary jungle and clearings in primary
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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