Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees ca. 4 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark greyish brown, smooth. |
| Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, tomentose. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule caducous and leaving scar; petiole up to 9.5 cm long, terete, tomentose; lamina 8-16 x 3.5-6 cm, ovate - lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin crenate-serrate, tomentose beneath, with glandular stinging hairs; 3-nerved at base; secondary_nerves ca. 4 pairs; tertiary_nerves horizontally percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Flowers in axillary fascicles. |
| Fruit& seed : | Achenes. |