HABIT	LARGE SHRUB, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SMALL TREE; UP TO 5 M TALL.
STEMS	WOODY WITH YELLOWISH-WHITE BARK. YOUNG STEMS AND BRANCHES COVERED WITH SOFT, LOOSELY APPRESSED, WHITISH, WAXY OR SOME TIMES POWDERY PUBESCENCE.
LEAVES	FLESHY, OBOVATE OR OBOVATE-OBLONG, APEX ACUTE, RARELY ROUNDED, BASE CORDATE, 6-20 CM LONG AND 3-8 CM WIDE, GLAUCOUS GREEN, SMOOTH ABOVE, COTTONY BELOW.
FLOWERS	14-15 MM LONG AND 3-4.5 CM IN DIAMETER; CLUSTERS OF WAXY FLOWERS THAT ARE EITHER WHITE OR LAVENDER IN COLOUR. EACH FLOWER CONSISTS OF FIVE POINTED PETALS AND A SMALL, ELEGANT “CROWN” RISING FROM THE CENTRE.
FRUITS	A FOLLICLE.
SEEDS	BROADLY OVATE, FLATTENED, BROWN IN COLOR 2.5-3.2 CM LONG INCLUDING THE WHITE TUFT OF HAIRS AT THE POINTED END.