It is a bush or small tree. Its membranous leaves are by and their tips come to a shallow point. The leaves are dark on their upper side, paler below, and bristly on both surfaces. The leaves have 7–8 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. The leaf margins have bristly serrations. Its densely bristly
petioles are long.
Inflorescences are axillary
cymes with a few flowers organized on densely bristly
peduncles in length. Its flowers have 5 oval-shaped, overlapping
sepals, long. The exposed parts of the outer surface of the sepals have dark purple bristles that are long. The flowers have
corollas that are long with 5 lobes; each lobe is notched at the top. Its flowers have 20
stamens that are long. Each flower has a 3-chambered
ovary. Each ovary contains numerous
ovules. Its flowers have 3
styles that are long and fused at their base for the last . ==Reproductive biology==