Climber. Branchlets strongly angled, sparsely lenticellate, sparsely and minutely puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 5; petiole 0.7-1.6 cm long, pubescent; blade coriaceous, elliptic to spathulate, 5.2-8.6 by 2.8-4.9 cm, 1.7-2.1 times as long as wide, apex emarginate, rounded, apiculate or cuspidate, base cuneate or decurrent onto petiole, margin not undulate, sparsely puberulent only on midrib beneath, sparsely puberulent or puberulent only on midrib above, not punctate beneath, secondary veins 30-39 pairs, 65° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes, robust, densely puberulent, 2.3-2.8 cm long; peduncle 0.4-0.5 cm by 1.4-1.5 mm; bracts persistent, 0.8-1 by 0.6-0.7 mm; bracteoles absent or present with one on pedicel; flowers 20; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.1-1.4 by 0.8-0.9 mm, 1.2-1.75 times as long as wide, apex acute or acuminate, ciliate, densely puberulent. Corolla white; bud head 5 mm long which is 0.5 of bud length, narrowly ovate, apex acute; tube cylindrical, 5-6 by 1.5 mm, 3.6-4.5 times as long as sepals, 1-1.2 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes linear, 4.1 by 4.3 by 1-1.1 mm, 4.1-4.7 times as long as wide, apex acute, glabrous outside and inside, ciliate near tips only. Stamens inserted at 2.1-2.7 mm from corolla base which is 0.45-0.47 of tube length; filaments c. 0.5 mm long; anther apex 1.2-2.2 mm from corolla mouth, anthers 1.1-1.2 by 0.4-0.5 mm. Ovaries c. 0.9 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style c. 1.2 mm long; style head c. 0.6 mm long, pubescent. Fruit unknown.
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