HABIT	A HARDY, ERECT, PUBESCENT EVERGREEN SHRUB.
STEMS	ANGULAR, RIBBED, THICKENED ABOVE THE NODE, MORE OR LESS DENSELY HAIRY.
LEAVES	LEAVES SUBSESSILE, BROADLY OVATE, OVATEOBLONG, ELLIPTIC OR ABOVATE, ACUTE OR MUCRONATE, SLIGHTLY CORDATE AND AURICLED AT BASE, COTTONYPUBESCENT WHEN YOUNG, GLABROUS WHEN FULLGROWN, 5-23 CM LONG AND 4-9 CM WIDE, PALE GREEN ABOVE, WHITE TAWNY BENEATH.
FLOWERS	WHITE TO PINK, TINGED WITH PURPLE.
FRUITS	FOLLICLE SUBGLOBOSE, ELLIPSOID OR OVOID, RECURVED, GENERALLY 10-14 CM LONG.
SEEDS	NUMEROUS, OVOID, ACUTE NARROWLY MARGINED, LIGHT BROWN, WITH A WHITE TUFT OF SILKY HAIR (COMA) AT THE POINTED END.