Shrubs, 1-2 m tall. Branches hollow. Interpetiolar stipules variously developed, reniform to suborbicular, 1-10 mm, abaxially densely pubescent; petiole 2-4 mm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, 4-10 × 1-6 cm, abaxially densely gray-white pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent, base rounded, margin slightly involute, sparsely serrate, apex acuminate to caudate. Inflorescence a pedunculate spike of paired flowers; peduncle 5-20 mm, pairs 1 or 2, with 3 bracts per flower; 2 involucral bracts leaflike, ovate to lanceolate, 5-20 mm, as long as or longer than ovaries; bracts ovate. Ovary ca. 5 mm with a short beak at apex, densely long hairy, interspersed with shorter glandular hairs. Sepals shortly fused at base; lobes lanceolate, 4-7 mm. Corolla greenish or pale yellow to white, funnelform, 1-2 cm, outside hairy; lobes ovate, ca. 4 mm. Stamens slightly shorter than corolla; filaments hairy in lower half. Ovary 5-locular, with numerous ovules; style as long as corolla and hairy in lower half. Berry yellow-green, ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm, long strigose and shortly glandular hairy, 5-locular; seeds numerous, yellowish brown, ovoid, small, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Mar-Sep, fr. May-Nov.
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