Shrub 2–3.5 m. tall; young branches pubescent; older branches with thin fawn corky bark.. Leaf-blades usually drying blackish, elliptic, rarely narrowly elliptic, 3.3–10.3(–14.5) cm. long, 1.2–4.7(–4.9) cm. wide, apex acute or more usually acuminate, base obtuse to acute, densely pubescent on both faces, lateral nerves usually impressed above; bacterial nodules absent; petiole 0.3–0.8 cm. long, densely covered with patent hairs; stipule-limbs brown, papery, truncate, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, pubescent outside, with fine silky hairs inside; arista usually drying blackish, 3–8 mm. long, pubescent.. Corymbs terminal on lateral 3.5–11.5 cm. long branches bearing 1–3 pairs of leaves, moderately compact, (1.3–)2–4.5 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 0.3–1 cm. long, densely covered with patent hairs; secondary branches present; pedicels 1–3 mm. long, densely covered with patent hairs; bracts stipule-like; bracteoles inconspicuous.. Calyx-tube 1.5–2 mm. long, very densely covered with white or less often rusty patent hairs; limb-tube 0.5–1 mm. long; lobes ± subulate above, wider at base, 5–11 mm. long, 0.75–1 mm. wide at base, covered with patent hairs.. Corolla-tube 1.3–1.6 cm. long, 1.5 mm. wide at top, covered with spreading hairs outside, pubescent inside; lobes oblong, 7–9 mm. long, 1.75–2.5 mm. wide, obtuse, acute or slightly acuminate.. Fruit black, 0.9–1.1 cm. in diameter, pubescent.. Seed blackish, 5 mm. wide, convex face slightly rugulose.. Fig. 110.
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