Trees, shrubs or scramblers to 15 m. tall, more or less densely ferrugineous stellate-tomentose throughout, the hairs sessile or with short slender stalks, the branchlets slender. Leaves simple, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 9-20 cm. long, 3-7 cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, entire, 3-veined from the base, the costa prominent, the primary lateral veins few; petioles to 10 cm. long. Inflorescence paniculate, the primary peduncle to 1 cm. long, the primary rhachis 8-10 cm. long, the bracts linear oblong, 1-2 mm. long, the secondary peduncles 0.5-2.0 cm. long, the secondary rhachises 1-5 cm. long, the floriferous peduncles less than 1 cm. long. Staminate heads subglobose, 3-5 mm. in diameter, bracteoles minute, flowers 8-15 per head; calyx 1 mm. long, 1.0-1.5 mm. in diameter, the limb truncate; petals 4 or 5, free, ovate-deltoid, 1.25-1.75 mm. long, about 0.75 mm. broad; filaments 2.5-3.5 mm. long, the anthers approximately 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad; styles 1 or 2, about 0.5 mm. long, spreading. Bisexual flowers 5-9 per head; calyx 1.25-1.75 mm. in diameter; petals subconnate and calyptrate,-about 1 mm. long, 1 mm. broad; filaments much shorter than in staminate flowers; styles 4 or 5, erect, free from the base, the locules 4 or 5; fruits about 6 per head, the styles recurved.
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