Shrub to small tree, up to 10 m. Twigs shortly densely patently to appressedly hairy, rarely glabrous except for the densely hairy area above the leaf axil. Axillary buds 2 or 3, densely hairy, up to c. 0.5 mm long. Petiole (5—)7— 11(—14) mm, usually not transversely wrinkled, densely minutely hairy all round, rarely hairy only in the upper groove, often with rather distinct prominent glands. Leaf-blade 10-30 by 3.5-13 cm, base rarely cordate; above often slightly bullate between the secondary nerves, mostly greyish green, midrib deeply sunken and mostly hairy in basal part; beneath yellowish green, rather dull, minutely hairy or rarely glabrous, secondary nerves 8-15 pairs, forming a distinct intramarginal nerve; glands (2-)4-14, often (very) close to the midrib, sometimes present only in upper part, (0.3-)0.5-0.7 mm diam. Inflorescences shorter than to ± as long as the leaves; axes strongly ribbed, flattened at base, densely minutely hairy; in basal part flowers with 3 together; bracts and bracteoles relatively long-persistent. Pedicels 2.5-7 mm, densely minutely patently hairy. Sepals: outer sepals 2.1-3 by 1.5-2.1 mm, sometimes with small glands; inner sepals 2.8-4 by 2-2.5 mm. Petals white to lilac, the upper ones with a yellow spot, when dry yellowish, the longest one 5.8-7.5(-8) mm; carina densely minutely hairy in apical part outside and inside; other petals sparsely hairy outside in apical part, lateral petals minutely hairy inside above insertion of filaments, upper petals rather densely patently hairy inside up to apex. Stamens: filaments connate over 0.5-2 mm or sometimes triadelphous, sparsely minutely hairy in basal part to densely more or less patently hairy in middle part; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long. Ovary patently to appressedly hairy; style patently hairy in basal part, in apical half sparsely hairy to glabrous; ovules 4. Fruit more or less globular, up to c. 1.5 cm diam., verrucately ribbed to strongly tu-berculate-warty, apically rounded or with the style-scar sunken; pedicel 2-6 mm.
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