Shrub or small tree to 8 (-11) m tall. Leaves simple and shallowly to deeply toothed, sometimes entire, lobed or pinnatisect; petiole to 2 cm long; lamina usually narrowly elliptic to elliptic, sometimes ovate or obovate, (4-) 6.5-15 (-18) cm long, (1-) 1.5-3 (-5) cm wide, cuneate to ±attenuate at base, obtuse to acute at apex, glabrous to sparsely hairy above, densely pale to ferruginous silky tomentose below; venation more prominent below. Conflorescence axillary, solitary or aggregated, to 12 (-15) cm long, not exceeding leaves; peduncle and pedicel with dense appressed, sometimes ferruginous hairs; pedicel 5-10 mm long. Perianth 7-9 mm long, white to cream, densely externally pubescent (sometimes hairs ferruginous). Gynophore 4-7 mm long. Style 4-6 mm long. Follicle 15-30 mm long, grey-black. Seeds c. 4 mm long; wing 9-11 mm long.
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