Shrubs, often epiphytic, 2–3 m tall; old branches gray; young shoots densely brown-scaly. Petiole short, 5–12 mm, densely brown-scaly; hispid on both surfaces when young, glabrescent; leaf blade rhomboidal or rhomboidal-lanceolate, 5–8.5 × 2–3 cm; base cuneate; apex acuminate; abaxial surface brown when dry, scales less than 1 × their own diameter apart, large, unequal, brownish red; adaxial surface glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, concave adaxially; lateral veins thin, inconspicuous on both surfaces. Flowers not seen, infructescence umbellate, 3-or 4-fruited. Pedicel stout, 0.6–1 cm, densely brown-scaly; fruiting calyx margin wavy, ciliate, ca. 2 mm, persistent; style persistent, basal 1/3 with scales. Capsule cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 6-lobed, 12–20 × 8–12 mm, densely brown-scaly.
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