Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees ca. 5 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark grey, smooth. |
| Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, grey hirsute. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule lanceolate, bifid, 1 cm long, connate, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.8-4 cm long, terete, grey hirsute; lamina 5-15 (-23) x 1.5-4 (-6) cm, narrow oblong or lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, margin serrate, coriaceous, suface bullate with scattered hairs above, canescent beneath; 3-nerved at base; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 3-6 pairs, ascending towards apex; tertiary_nerves horizontally percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Flowers capitate in forking cymes, axillary; peduncle up to 0.5 cm long, pubescent. |
| Fruit& seed : | Achenes, orange-yellow when ripe. |