Medium or small sized, deciduous tree, densely tomentose; leaves elliplic-oblong; caudate-acuminate at apex, rounded or acute at base, reddish brown when young, tomentose on both surfaces, main lateral nerves 6-12 pairs; petioles very short; flowers 2.5 cm across, white in subsessile, corymbose cymes; bract ovate, caducous; calyx pubescent outside glandular inside, lobes 5, obtuse; corolla salver shaped, tube cylindric, short, twice the length of calyx with pink tinge, white or turning pale yellow; lobes 5, linear-oblong, corona scales fleshy, cleaved short, obtuse in to unequal lobes; stamens-5, epipetalous, at the top of the tube, filament short, dilated, anther white, sagitate, exserted; disc absent; carpels-2, free, many ovuled, style filiform, stigma ovoid; follicles linear erect, connate throughout with a groove on each side till maturity; sub cylindric, 20-30 cm long, laterally, compressed; seeds 1.2-1.6 cm long.