Shrub or small tree to 2 m high; indumentum of long, spreading, simple hairs. Leaves moderately pilose on both surfaces with long spreading hairs, especially on veins; petiole 3–8 (–12) mm long; lamina elliptic to ovate-elliptic, sometimes tending to ovate or obovate, 8–15 cm long, 3–4.5 cm wide, acute to obtuse to slightly cordate at base, distinctly and evenly serrate, acute; veins prominent, especially below. Male inflorescence densely pubescent with long spreading hairs. Male flowers c. 6 mm long including tepals; tepals in 2 pairs, c. 3 mm long, the outer pair slightly longer than the inner; stamens 2 in a single pair. Female flowers and fruit not known.