Climber. Branchlets weakly angled, not lenticellate, densely puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 3; petiole 0.1-0.2 cm long, pubescent; blade coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, 0.6-1.7 by 0.3-0.8 cm, 1.6-2.3 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to acute, not mucronate, base obtuse, margin not undulate, dark green and shining above, pale green beneath, glabrous beneath, not punctate beneath, puberulent only on midrib above, secondary veins 8-12 pairs. Inflorescence of solitary axillary flowers, delicate, 0.9-1.1 cm long; bracts in a ring around the middle of the pedicel; pedicels 4.5-6 mm long, densely puberulent. Sepals ovate, apex acute, c. 1.3 by 0.9 mm, 1.4 times as long as wide, ciliate, glabrous. Corolla tube slightly inflated, c. 3.8 mm long, 2.9 times as long as sepals, 2.5 times as long as lobes, glabrous outside, very sparsely pubescent in upper half of tube; lobes elliptic, c. 1.5 by 1.5 mm, 1 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, base auriculate, glabrous outside, pubescent or sparsely pubescent at the tips and base of lobes inside, ciliate near tips only. Stamens inserted at c. 2 mm from corolla base which is 0.53 of tube length; filaments c. 0.3 mm long; anther apex c. 0.6 mm from corolla mouth, anthers c. 1.1 by 0.5 mm. Ovaries c. 0.8 mm high, pubescent around base only; style c. 0.7 mm long; style head c. 0.4 mm long. Fruit stalks c. 2 mm long, with 1 article, sparsely puberulent at ends; articles with thin flesh, c. 9.4 by 6.5 mm, ellipsoid, symmetrical, apex rounded. Seeds not seen.
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