Oreja de mula, Dos caras Shrub or tree, ca 3 (5) m tall, bearing conspicuous, ferruginous-stellate pubescence except on older stems, upper leaf surfaces, petals, and inner flower parts. Leaves sessile; blades obovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, gradually to abruptly acuminate, cordate at base, 12-45 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, soon glabrous above, entire or denticulate, pliveined, the surface visible between the trichomes below, the veins 3-5. Panicles sessile, to 27 cm long, almost as wide as long; flowers white; hypanthium truncate, 2.5-3 mm long; petals 5, white, reflexed, rounded at apex; stamens 10, somewhat spreading, in 2 series, the longer series with anthers held just above stigma; anthers curved, the connective expanded and toothed at base of anther; style straight, erect, ca 6 mm long. Berries globose, to 9 mm diam, sparsely stellate-puberulent, green then bright red becoming black at maturity; seeds numerous, minute. Croat 8052.