Leaves are glabrous and sometimes pubescent beneath. The abaxial surfaces of leaf blades are glabrous or scabrous and occasionally pubescent or puberulent. The perianth is glabrous or puberulent outside and densely pubescent inside. It usually ranges from sparsely pubescent to densely tomentose. The arista is plumose in its basal half, or rarely pubescent or glabrous. It is a genus of small, evergreen trees with smooth, glabrous, or pubescent branchlets. Its sheaths are scabrous or the lowest ones pubescent. It has smooth bark, dark green spreading branches and pendulous and pubescent twigs. Perianth with depressed glands on the inner surface, externally rufous and pubescent. Cymes are dense and pubescent; peduncle is long. The twigs are reddish-green and slightly pubescent. The twigs are stout, smooth to lightly pubescent, and reddish or chestnut in color. Their stalks are numerous, erect, striated, and slightly pubescent. The leaves are densely hairy (pubescent) below, and turn red in autumn before falling. Petals are small, very fine pubescent.