Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 1 m in height, irregular in shape, somewhat stunted, highly ramose, deep green, neither smelly nor viscous. Branches extended-erect, with brown-grey to blackish bark. Branchlets brown-greyish, finely tomentose, with stellate hairs. Leaves 0.8-4.5 \u00d7 0.7-3 cm, opposite, clearly petiolate, ovate to obovate-oblong, \u00b1 cordate, with margin not revolute, slightly or not at all undulate; with a single longitudinal vein; deep green, rugose and with tomentum of stellate hairs on the upper side; lighter, reticulated and with subfasciculated hairs on the underside. Inflorescences in cymes of 1-3 flowers, with peduncle and pedicels densely tomentose, with stellate hairs. Flowers small, 3.5-5 cm in diameter, calyx with 5 sepals, outer 2 sepals larger than the inner 3 sepals, all heart-shaped, acuminate, pubescent, rarely glabrous. Petals 5, 14-20 \u00d7 12-16 mm, white, with a small yellow mark at the base. Fruit in globose-pentagonal capsule, 5-7 mm, dehiscent in 5 valves. Seeds minute, subspherical, with reticulated surface. 2n = 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12975","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n