Stems twining, young parts densely appressed-pubescent to farinose, pale fulvous, adult parts farinose to glabrous. Leaves ovate, 6-13 by 3-8½ cm; base slightly emarginate to truncate or shortly attenuate into the petiole, apex shortly acuminate, acute, and mucronulate; upper surface densely appressed-sericeous, lower surface densely and shortly sericeo-tomentose, pale fulvous; midrib and 9-14 lateral nerves on either side prominent beneath, slightly impressed above; petiole 2W2-6 cm, dense1y and shortly pilose. Peduncle slender, exceeding the petiole, 3-11 cm, umbellately cymose at the apex, densely pubescent to farinose as are its branches and the pedicels. Pedicels 4-8 mm. Bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate, acute, densely pubescent outside, subglabrous inside, caducous. Sepals equal or the inner ones slightly shorter, outside densely pubescent, inside sparsely so to glabrous, two outer ones ovate-triangular, ovate-oblong, or oblong, obtuse, 5½-6½ mm long; sepal 3 narrowly elliptic to oblong, slightly oblique, 5½-6½ mm long; two inner sepals ovate to ovate-triangular, attenuate towards the obtuse apex, 5-6 mm long. Corolla tubular to funnel-shaped, ca 2.5 cm long, pink to pale reddish purple; limb shallowly lobed, soon reflexed; midpetaline bands and upper portion of tube sericeous. Stamens and style exserted. Filaments densely pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled. Fruit unknown.
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