Shrub or small tree to 2.5 (-4) m tall; stems sometimes tomentose. Leaves simple, subsessile or petiole to 0.5 cm; lamina ±linear to narrowly ovate, elliptic or obovate, rarely broader, 2-8 cm long, 2.5-10 mm wide, attenuate, entire, acute to rounded or sometimes 3-or 5-lobed or toothed at apex, mucronate, densely ferruginous-tomentose below; venation inconspicuous above. Conflorescence solitary or rarely aggregated, terminal and sometimes axillary, barely exceeding leaves; peduncle and pedicel sparsely to densely ferruginous-hairy; pedicel 6-12 (-15) mm long. Perianth 1-1.5 cm long, white, cream or greenish white, sparsely tomentose. Gynophore 5-7 mm long. Style 3-5 mm long. Follicle 2-3 cm long, dark grey to black, usually glaucous. Seeds 3-4 mm long; wing 6-9 mm long.
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