Epiphytic and terrestrial shrubs, 1-3 m tall; mature branches subterete or bluntly angled, ridged, moderately short pilose, reddish brown when dry; im-mature branches and twigs of the new growth flattened and coarsely angled, ridged, densely short pilose with whitish or grayish trichomes ca. 0.5 mm long. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, (5.5-) 14-20 cm long, (1.5-)3.5-9 cm broad, basally cuneate, obtuse or rounded, apically long acuminate with a blunt tip or rarely acute, grayish green when dry, densely puberulent on both the surfaces with soft, white trichomes, persistent beneath, often glabrate above; 5 (-7)-plinerved, the midrib impressed above and prominently raised beneath, the lateral nerves impressed above but plane distally, raised and prominent be-neath, the veinlets plane to slightly raised but obscure on both sides; petioles subterete, rugose, coarsely ridged, (6-)9-15 mm long, 2-3.5 mm in diameter, densely short pilose. Inflorescence 7-11-flowered, encircled at the base by densely short-pilose bracts; rachis bluntly angled, striate, rugose, short pilose with persistent, densely white hairs, sometimes fimbriate, 1-2.5(-4.5) cm long, 2-3 mm in diameter, pink, rarely with basal cartilaginous teeth; floral bracts muricate, short pubescent both abaxially and marginally with densely white hairs, elliptic to oblanceolate, basally narrowed, apically rounded, 17-30 mm long, 7-13(-17) mm wide, pale pinkish green or whitish green, usually with small, red, clavate glands abaxially; pedicels bluntly angled, densely short pilose, often fimbriate, 6-14 mm long, 1-1.5 mm in diameter, pink but turning green; bracteoles linear to aristate, rarely oblong, 2-4.5 mm long, to 1 mm wide, densely pubescent and glandular fimbriate. Flowers with the calyx pubescent with densely matted white or tan trichomes, glandular fimbriate, 5.5-6.5(-9) mm long, the tube cylindric, 2.5-4 mm long, not basally enlarged, green, the limb cam-panulate or spreading, (2.5-)3.5 mm long, whitish to pinkish green, the lobes ob-long, broadly triangular, obtuse or broadly rounded and apiculate, 1.5-2(-3) mm long, connivent after anthesis, pinkish green, the sinuses obtuse; corolla cylindric or bottle-shaped, slightly constricted basally, narrowed to the throat, (14-)17-19 (-22) mm long, 8 mm in diameter, white or in age tinted with pink, densely short pilose with white or tawny trichomes, the lobes triangular, wide spreading at anthesis; stamens 11-15.5 mm long, the filaments alternately 2.5-4 mm and 3.5-6 mm long, white, the anthers including the tubules alternately 8-11 mm and 9.5-13 mm long, brownish orange, the thecae 2.5-4 mm long; style glabrous or rarely distally pilose, 13.5-17 mm long. Berry densely puberulent, 8-14 mm in diameter.
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A small tree. It grows 7 m tall. The trunk is 20 cm across. There are many branches. Leaves and new branches are hairy. The leaves are simple and alternate or in spirals. They are oblong to swrord shaped and 12-30 cm long by 3-12 cm wide. They are rounded at the base and taper to the tip. The upper surface is dark green and shiny and they are pale underneath. The flowering shoots are 7.5 cm long and the flowers are in clusters. They are large and tube shaped. The fruit is an oblong berry 1-1.2 cm across. They are dark purple when ripe.
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