Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina broadly lanceolate to elliptic, somewhat falcate, 7-10 by 1.5-3.5 cm, cuneate at the base to a petiole 3-5 mm long, attenuate and obtuse or rounded at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib and the closely spaced main laterals distinct on both sides. Inflorescences at the nodes, a raceme of c. 4 opposite closely spaced pairs of triads with the central flower sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate; axis c. 10 mm long; peduncles of the triads c. 2 mm long, secund; pedicels of the lateral flowers c. 1 mm long. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, 25-28 mm long, slender, acute at the apex, pale pink to purple, sometimes darker below; petals in the open flower coherent in the lower 2-3 mm. Anther c. 1.5 mm long, acute, about one third as long as the free part of the filament.
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