A twiner with appressed-hairy stems. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 6-12 by 2½-7½ cm, rounded or obtuse at the base, subacute at the apex, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, appressed-hairy beneath; lateral nerves 8 on either side of the midrib, prominent beneath; petiole 1-8 cm, hairy. Peduncles 4-18 cm long, hairy. Cymes lax, many-flowered, 1-4 cm long. Pedicels 5 mm long. Bracts minute, ovate, acute. Sepals oblong, truncate, 4 mm long, glabrous. Corolla with a short, glabrous, campanulate, 8 mm long tube; the lobes sericeous outside, glabrous inside, white to purple, reflexed and oblong. Stamens long exserted, filaments filiform, anthers oblong; style slightly shorter than the stamens, stigma capitate (Ridley).
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