Twigs 1.5-4(-8) mm diameter, variably rusty tomentose, not angled; bark striate, lower down longitudinally cracking and flaking (not flaking in form nana). Leaves 4-10 cm broad; drying dark brown with brownish midrib above, venation distinct or not, grey-brown beneath. Male flowers: pedicel 5 mm long; buds obconical or globose; staminal disc flat or low-mammillate; anthers 9-12. Female flowers: buds 5-8 mm long; pedicel up to 1.5 mm long. Fruits variable, (1-) 1.5-3 cm long, with coarse rusty indumentum.