Shrub or small tree to 4 m tall;' twigs tomentose with yellowish or brownish dendritic hairs. Leaves elliptic, to 25 cm long, thin, apically acute, basally rounded or obtuse, above glabrate with obscure venation, beneath tomentose and the venation elevated and prominent; petiole ca. 1.5 cm long. Inflorescences short, axillary, racemose, the peduncle to 5 cm long, tomentose; pedicels wanting, bracteoles short and scale-like or leaf-like and almost as long as the calyx. Flowers with the calyx 8-12 mm long, tubular, pubescent, lobed 1/4-%/ way down, the lobes lanceolate, strongly angled, unequal; corolla greenish-yellow, the tube ca. 25 mm long, slender, gradually expanded apically, tomentose outside, inside pubescent in the upper portion, the lobes slender, ca. 7 mm long; stamens equal, the filaments ca. 1 mm free, glabrous or pubescent and slightly tumid near the point of insertion, not appendaged; the style puberu-lent in the upper portion. Fruit12 10-12 mm long, ellipsoidal, dark violet. This species is distinctive in its tomentose twigs, leaf undersides, and corollas. The hairs are dentritic, and the flowers are elongate and slender.
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