Description: Spreading crown shrubby tree, 3–5 m tall; stems stout, densely silky grayish white. Leaves obovate, clustered in spiral, succulent, 8–18 x 3.5–8 cm, hairy on both surfaces; apex pointed to obtuse; base gradually attenuated to the stem. Inflorescences terminal panicle with numerous flowers. Flowers white, small, sessile, born on the ultimate branches of the panicle. Fruit small, pea-sized, dull green turning brown, breaking in half; apex and dorsal surface of carpels covered with corky exocarpial tissue. |
