Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, densely long puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 4; petiole 0.1-0.3 cm long, pubescent; blade coriaceous, elliptic, 1.2-2.8 by 0.4-1.2 cm, 1.9-2.7 times as long as wide, apex acuminate and notched at the apex, base acute or cuneate, margin weakly undulate, glabrous beneath and above, secondary veins 14-17 pairs, 60° from midrib. Inflorescence axillary, a simple unbranched pleiochasium, delicate, sparsely long pubescent all over, 1.2-2 cm long; peduncle 0.5-0.9 cm by 0.4-0.6 mm; bracts persistent, narrowly ovate, c. 1.4 by 1 mm; bracteoles present, one on pedicel; flowers 4; pedicels 5-6.5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.1-1.2 by 0.9-1 mm, 1.2 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, ciliate, glabrous. Corolla with orange tube and yellow lobes; bud head 1.8 mm long which is 0.42 of bud length, deltoid, apex acute; tube slightly inflated, c. 2.7 by 1.5 mm, 2.2 times as long as sepals, 1.8 times as long as lobes, sparsely puberulent around top of tube outside, sparsely pubescent around stamens and more densely in a band beneath them inside; lobes orbicular, 1.5 by 1.3 mm, 1.2 times as long as wide, apex rounded, base auriculate, glabrous outside and inside, not ciliate. Stamens inserted at c. 1.4 mm from corolla base which is 0.5 of tube length; filaments 0.5 mm long; anther apex c. 0.5 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 0.7 by 0.3 mm. Ovaries c. 0.5 mm high, pubescent around base only; style c. 1 mm long; style head c. 0.4 mm long, pubescent. Articles ellipsoid (only immature fruit seen).
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