Upper surface glabrous at maturity except for the vertically compressed midrib which bears uniseriate hooked hairs. Lower surface usually glabrous, occasionally hooked hairs are present on veins near the junction of the petiole and lamina. Petiole 2-4 cm long. Stipules 2, triangular. Inflorescence axillary, 3-5 primary branches cymose.
Petals papillose, valvate, spreading.
Specimens examined . Distribution and notes. Indonesia, New Guinea and neighbouring Pacific Islands. In Taiwan, only found on islet of Lutao, along coastlines. Previously this species was known only from the Southern Hemisphere.