“Scandent. Branchlets soft-olivaceous-tomentose in the younger parts, glabrescent below. Leaves ovate, apex subabruptly acuminate for 1 cm, tip obtuse, base rounded, thin-chartaceous, glabrous above, softly brownish-tomentose all over beneath especially on midrib and nerves, 16-18 by 8-10 cm, midrib raised on both faces, nerves curved-ascendent, ± distinctly impressed as are the veins above (the lamina bullate in dry specimens), much raised beneath, reticulation rather dense, slightly prominent beneath only; petiole tomentose, 3-4 cm. ♂ Spikes only known in a poorly developed state, brownish-tomentose, solitary from the axils of the upper leaves, the flower heads composed to glomerules, the latter spaced on a rachis c. 5 cm long.”
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