Shrub or small tree, robust. Leaves alternate, spirally arranged; petiole terete, 10–17 mm long; lamina broadly lanceolate to obovate, 7–10 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide, coriaceous, margin entire, undulate, sometimes weakly revolute, glands dark red, difficult to observe. Inflorescence an axillary fascicle, 3–6-flowered; peduncle c. 0.2 mm long; pedicels thick, angular, c. 6–7 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. Flowers 5-merous, c. 5 mm long; calyx campanulate, tube c. 0.75–1 mm long, lobes triangular, c. 1.25–1.75 mm long, margins with glandular papillae, glands small, dark red; corolla rotate, tube c. 2 mm long, lobes c. 1.5 mm long, densely papillate; stamens equal in length to corolla, filaments flattened, anthers narrowly ovate, c. 1 × 1 mm; ovary conical, c. 1 × 1.5 mm, glabrous; ovules multiseriate, c. 14. Fruit not seen.
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