Shrub to small tree up to 3-(8) m high. Stems densely clothed in stellate hairs, becoming glabrous at least in patches when mature; lf scars prominent. Lvs densely clothed in stellate hairs below, moderately to densely clothed in stellate hairs above when young but usually becoming ± glabrous above except on veins when mature, broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate, (3)-5-12- palmately-lobed to ⅓-⅔ of radius, c. 10-30 cm long; lobes acute to acuminate, entire to coarsely serrate; petioles glabrous when mature, 10-50 cm long; stipules partly adnate to petiole, lanceolate, 2-12 cm long. Infl. a compound terminal raceme of numerous-flowered, globose umbels, densely clothed in stellate hairs; petals white, c. 2 mm long. Fr. not seen.