Main features of the subsection :
Large shrubs or trees, 2.5-12m. Leaves large, oblanceolate to broadly obovate, lower surface covered with a white to rufous indumentum composed of cup-shaped hairs, sometimes also with a compacted lower layer. Inflorescence dense, 10-25-flowered. Calyx minute. Corolla (5-)7-10-lobed, yellow or white to pink, funnel- to oblique- or ventricose-campanulate, nectar pouches lacking. Stamens (10)14-18. Ovary tomentose , glandular or glabrous ; style glabrous.
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