Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 3-10 ft (0.9-3 m) tall, upright, branching from the base or single stemmed, smooth rust colored bark. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to oblong, 2-7 cm long, thick, acute at apex, rounded to obtuse at base, tomentose when young, becoming glabrous and gray-green, petiole 3-7 mm. Flowers small, pendulous pale pink.
