 Seedlings have obovate cotyledons 1 – 1.4 cm (0.39 – 0.55 in) long by 1 – 1.5 cm (0.39 – 0.59 in) wide, and the leaves that develop immediately afterward are crowded and very hairy. They have serrate margins. Evidence of thickening to form a future lignotuber, as well as minute buds, has been detected from the bases of seedlings at five months of age.
