Erect spiny shrub or small tree to c 4 m high  young shoots white-pubescent Leaves simple  narrowly oblong to oblanceolate-oblong  mostly 2–5 cm long  5–10 mm wide  base tapering  apex obtuse  mucronate  margins entire  revolute  upper surface dark green  glabrescent  lower surface white-tomentose  petiole 1–3 mm long  stipules minute  early caducous