A shrub or small tree 10–16 ft. high; branches and young branchlets densely and shortly pubescent, the former at length glabrous or nearly so. Mature leaves broadly ovate, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, 1 1/2–4 1/2 in. long, 1–3 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, midrib pubescent on both surfaces, with rather dense tufts of hairs in the axils of the lateral nerves on the lower side, otherwise glabrous, beset with numerous gold-coloured glands on the lower surface; lateral nerves 5–8 on each side, spreading, faintly looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces, prominent below; veins very slender and rather close; petiole 1/2– 3/4 in. long, terete, pubescent; stipules linear, 2–3 lin. long, pubescent. Male spikes solitary, about 1 1/2 in. long, borne on the two-year-old wood; axis pubescent; bracts ovate, lanceolate, rather densely pubescent outside. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes ovate-triangular, pubescent. Stamens 5; filaments short; anthers with a golden-coloured gland on the back. Rudimentary ovary sub-cylindric, pilose towards the apex. Female flowers not seen. Fruits like those of H. Heudelotii, but rather densely pubescent.
