A tree with glabrous shoots. Petioles 1–3 in. long, glabrous, shorter than the leaves, which are cordate, oblong, acuminate, dentate, palmately 5–7-nerved, scabrous above, stellate-tomentose below, 2–4 in. long, 2–3 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate, caducous. Peduncles axillary and terminal, downy, as long as the petioles, simple or 2-fid, bearing a number of slender umbellate pedicels half the length of the peduncles. Bracts 3, ovate-lanceolate, caducous. Sepals downy, lanceolate, nearly as long as the broad oblique petals. Stamens united for rather less than half their length. Style hairy; stigmas 5, revolute, often exserted. Capsule oblong, depressed, villose, loculicidally 3-valved; valves obtuse.
