Shrub or small tree 2.4-10 m tall; all parts ±densely ferruginous or rufous-tomentose. Leaves: petiole 2-10 mm long; lamina lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 9-35 cm long, 3-9 cm wide; tips acute; margin serrate; venation dense, prominent on both surfaces; lateral veins 12-20 pairs. Conflorescence axillary, to 8 cm long, densely flowered; pedicels 1-2 mm long. Tepals c. 6 mm long, completely covered with rusty hairs; limb c. 2.5 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide. Anthers 1.5-2 mm long. Hypogynous glands ovate, free or fused at base. Ovary ferruginous-hirsute. Fruit ovoid, 10-13 mm long, c. 10 mm diam., turning blue.
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