Branchlets weakly angled, not lenticellate, sparsely and minutely puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 4; petiole 0.4-0.7 cm long, pubescent; blade coriaceous, spathulate, 2.3-4.7 by 1.5-2.1 cm, 1.5-2.8 times as long as wide, apex rounded, not mucronate, base cuneate or decurrent onto petiole, margin strongly inrolled, not undulate, dark green, shining above, pale green beneath, puberulent all over above and beneath, secondary veins indistinct above and beneath. Inflorescence axillary, flowers solitary or a simple 2-flowered unbranched pleiochasium, densely puberulent, c. 1.5 cm long; when cymose subsessile; bracteoles present; pedicels c. 0.5 mm long. Sepals narrowly ovate, c. 2.3 by 1.4 mm, 1.4-1.6 times as long as wide, apex acute, ciliate, densely puberulent. Corolla bud head c. 2.6 mm long which is 0.23 of bud length, ovate, apex obtuse; tube columnar, c. 9 by 1.4 mm, 3.9 times as long as sepals, 3.75 times as long as lobes, sparsely puberulent around top of tube outside, sparsely pubescent inside; lobes elliptic, c. 2.4 by 1.5 mm, 1.6 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, sparsely puberulent outside, glabrous inside, ciliate. Stamens inserted at c. 7.5 mm from corolla base which is 0.78 of tube length; filament c. 0.8 mm long; anther apex c. 0.5 mm from corolla mouth; anthers c. 1.1 by 0.4 mm. Ovaries c. 1 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style c. 6.9 mm long; style head c. 0.6 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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