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Shrub, sometimes treelet, to 2 m tall. Stem crisp-pubescent. Stipules late deciduous. Petiole often stout, to 1 cm long, densely crisp-pubescent, vaginate to apex; blade sometimes with pale band along primary vein, coriaceous, more or less orange glandular-dotted on lower surface, sometimes somewhat scabrous, (narrowly) elliptic, elliptic-oblong or (narrowly) ovate, 12-33 x 5-13 cm, apex (long-)acuminate, base equal or unequally attached to petiole difference 0-0.5 cm, obtuse to rounded to subcordate occasionally cuneate, glabrous above, crisp-pubescent on veins below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 4-7(-11) per side, originating from lower 1/2 to 2/3 of primary vein, not anastomosing, impressed above, rather prominent below, tertiary veins widely reticulate, transverse. Inflorescence erect; peduncle 1 cm long to ca. 2 cm in fruit, pubescent; spike 8-9 cm long, in fruit to 11 cm long, often reddish or pink, apiculate; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits oblongoid, glandular, hirsute, stigmas 3, obtuse, sessile.
