Jessup, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its leaves and branchlets which are shaggy with long soft hairs (villosus in Latin).

The young, yellow-brown branches are sparsely to densely covered with long soft hairs.

Its very densely hairy petioles are 3-5 by 1.5-2.5 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side.

Its solitary Inflorescences occur on branches, and are organized on very densely hairy peduncles that are 4 by 0.6 millimeters.

The oval, outer petals are 6-7 by 5.5-6.5 millimeters with hairless upper and very densely hairy lower surfaces.

[6] It has been observed growing in loam, clay-loam and basalt-derived soils in dense vine forests at elevations of 80-700 meters.

[5][4] Extracts from its leaves have been reported to contain bioactive compounds including caryophyllene and copaene.