Trees 2-5 m tall. Branchlets stellate tomentose. Petiole ca. 1 cm, tomentose; leaf blade ovate or long ovate, 9-16 × 4.5-9 cm, densely brown tomentose abaxially, glabrous adaxially, lateral pair of basal veins ascending to mid leaf blade, base rounded or slightly cordate, apex acute. Panicles 4-7 cm. Pedicel 2-4 mm. Sepals oblong, 5-6 mm, tomentose abaxially. Petals ca. 1/2 as long as sepals; glands 1-1.5 mm. Stamens as long as sepals. Ovary glabrous or hairy at base; style slightly longer than stamens, glabrous. Drupe obovoid. Fl. summer-autumn.