Subshrubs, erect, to 1.5 m, mostly glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate,. subentire or undulate, the bases shallowly cordate, to 18 cm long and 8 cm wide, glabrous; petioles ca 3-5 cm long. Inflorescences verticillasters, 1-2-flowered, arranged in a false raceme, ca 10-25 cm long, the bracts lanceolate, ca 3-5 mm