Shrub, often scandent, up to 8 m tall; young branches sparsely to densely coarsely ferruginous stellate-pubescent.. Leaves obovate to oblong, 2.3–10 cm long, 1.2–6 cm wide, acute, broadly obtuse or rounded at the apex, rarely emarginate, cuneate, rounded or truncate at the base, margins serrate, sometimes coarsely so, to shallowly crenate, glabrescent to glabrous and shiny above, roughly stellate-pubescent beneath, sometimes sparsely so, coriaceous with veins impressed above; petiole 3–8 mm long, stellate-pubescent; stipules up to 6 mm.. Inflorescences terminal and axillary 3–14-flowered cymes, the axes ferruginous pubescent; peduncle 0.8–3.5 cm long; pedicels up to 1 cm long.. Flowers white, turning yellowish brown with age; sepals 12–21 mm long, white inside, pale green with ferruginous pubescence on the outside; petals lanceolate, 6–11 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide.. Androgynophore glabrous for 1.5–2 mm at the base, densely pubescent and produced for 1.5–5 mm above the node.. Stamens 8–12 mm long; filaments white; anthers yellow.. Ovary 2–3 mm long, densely hairy; style 6–10 mm long, white; stigma green.. Fruit (2–)4-lobed, 11–15 mm wide, the lobes 6–10 mm long, 5–7 mm wide, with scattered long hairs and surrounded by persistent filaments.. Fig. 3/12 (leaf, p. 9).
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A shrub. It tends to life over. It grows 4 m high. The leaves are leathery and broadly oval. They are 10 cm long by 5 cm wide. The edges have rounded teeth. The leaves re shiny above and rough or scaly underneath. The flowers are in small groups and are white. The fruit are 1.3 cm across and have 3-4 lobes. They are red and fleshy.
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