Tree or shrub, c. (1.5-)3-15(-22) m high. Leaves spirally arranged or slightly crowded in pseudowhorls, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, rarely narrowly ovate, c. 5-15 by 1.5-5 cm; base cuneate or slightly decurrent, margin slightly wavy, top acute and c. 1½- attenuate-acuminate; nerves c. (4-)5-8(-l1) pairs, sometimes prominent beneath, reticulations fine; young leaves entirely ferrugineous-pubescent, older leaves glabrescent to various degree, pubescence often persisting beneath; petiole c. 1 cm. Inflorescences terminal or less frequently axillary, thyrsoid, many-flowered; peduncle pubescent, c. 1-5 cm. Buds distinctly acute. Sepals free, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, c. 2-3(-4) by¾-1 mm, acute and often acuminate, generally ferrugineous-pubescent. Petals ligulate, c. 6-8 by 1 mm, acute, 3-nerved. Stamens c. 3-4 mm; filaments c. 2½-3½ mm; anthers oblong, in more ♂ flowers c. 1 by 2/3 mm, in more female flowers c. 0.5 by 0.5 mm. Ovary inconspicuously (c. 1 mm) stipitate, ellipsoid or cylindric, c. 2-2½ by 1-1½ mm, densely ferrugineous-pubescent; style c. 1-1.5 mm; stigma hardly capitate in ♂ flowers, in more female flowers 2-lobed. Fruits 1-16, 2-valved; valves often broader than long, c. 7-10 by 9-12 mm, generally notched and mucronate at the top, narrowed towards the often pubescent base, rather thin, c. 1 mm, seldom 2 mm across, rugose; funicles inserted up to halfway the valves. Seeds c. 8-24, c. 3-4 mm.
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Small, slender-trunked and sparsely branched tree to less than 10 m high; bark yellow brown, pustular; new shoots, leaves, inflorescences ferrugineously tomentose but rapidly glabrescent; shoots slightly ridged with prominent lenticels. Leaves variable, adult leaves narrow-elliptic to elliptic, tapering at both ends, 80–115 mm long, 20–30 mm wide, margins undulate, crenulate, apices acute to barely acuminate in adult leaves; adaxial (upper) surface with venation becoming more impressed with age; abaxial surface smooth; petioles 15–25 mm long. Inflorescences shortly pedunculate, triads to branched umbels, elongating by anthesis but still barely exceeding the surrounding leaves; rachis Flowers urceolate-salverform; pedicels
A tall shrub or small tree. It grows up to 20 m tall. Sometimes it is only 3-4 m tall. The branches have rusty hairs. The leaves are 25 cm long by 8 cm wide. They are alternate and sword shaped. They are dark green above and with rusty hairs underneath. Flowers are about 0.8 cm across. They are white or creamy yellow. They occur in groups at the ends of branches. The flower petals are 6-7 mm long. The fruit is a 3-valve capsule. It is tiny and the fruit is a dull yellow. The fruit is about 1.5 cm across. The seeds are right red and sticky.
Common small tree or shrub in the tropical and montane zones, near the seashore (edge of swamps, rocks, etc.), along rivers, in dry bushes, on steppes and in open savannah land, sometimes as undergrowth in rain-forests or in secondary forests from the lowland up to 1800 m, in New Guinea once at 2800 m.
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Edges of swamps, rocks, etc along the seashore; along rivers; in dry bushes; on steppes; in open savannah land; sometimes as undergrowth in rain-forests or secondary forests; at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
It is a tropical plant. It suits seasonally dry areas. It does best in shade. It needs well drained soils. It grows in vine forests and on the edges of rainforests.
In Malesia, known to occur on calcareous soils (Blume 1826); in Australia, coastal but not known from coral soils.
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