Shrub 1-2 m. Leaves oblong-lanceolate with a few obtuse teeth, stiff with recurved margins, glossy green above, pubescent below with a rusty brown tomentum on the nerves and a yellowish tomentum on the intervenium, 5-15 by 0.7-3 cm. Raceme axillary, 5-12-flowered, 4-6 cm long. Flowers almost sessile. Sepals oblong, acute, densely hairy outside, 8 by 4 mm. Petals yellow, obovate with emarginate apex, 14 by 7 mm. Stamens ca 25, 3½ mm long; staminodes ca 12, on the outside of the stamens, 2.7 mm long. Carpels densely hairy, with 3 ovules. Follicles one-seeded, thin-walled. Seed with membranaceous aril.
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