Shrub to 2.5 m. Branchlets densely to sparsely pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1-4 mm; blade subcoriaceous when dry, obovate or elliptic, 3-12.6 by 1-7.3 cm, 1.5-5 times as long as wide, apex rounded, apiculate or retuse, less often acute or acuminate (especially in Peninsular Thailand), base cuneate, less often rounded or obtuse, first leaves on branch generally much smaller and strongly emarginate; pubescent on both surfaces, rarely almost glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal cyme, rarely appearing axillary, 3-12.5 cm long, lax, pubescent. Sepals linear, 2.5-7.5 by 0.8-1.2 mm, 3-7.5 times as long as wide, pubescent outside and inside, colleters few or absent near the base. Corolla tube 9-22 mm long; lobes (5-)12-23 by 3.8-9 mm, obovate to elliptic, apex rounded. Stamens inserted at 1.6-2.4 mm from corolla base; filaments 0.3-1.1 mm long, pubescent at base; anthers 1.3-2.5 by 0.5-0.6 mm. Ovaries 0.7-1.1 mm long; style and style head 1.4-2.2 mm. Fruit erect, at least when young, 7-30 cm by 1.5-5 mm. Seeds pubescent, 8.2-15 by 1.8-2.5 mm, coma 32-66 mm long.
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A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. It has a rootstock that lasts from year to year and tufts of shoots develop from this. The branches are grey. They can have white dots. The leaves are narrowly oval and 2-10 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are rounded or wedge shapes at the base. They are hairy. The flowers are at the top. The flowers are white. The fruit are pale to dark brown and 11-33 cm long by 3-8 mm wide. The seeds are 8-14 mm long with a tuft of hairs at the tip.
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