Pendent epiphytic shrub, 2-4 m. Branchlets obtusangular, glabrous. Leaves lax, elliptic-oblong, apex for c. 1 cm subabruptly acuminate, subacute, more rarely broadly acuminate-attenuate, coriaceous, glabrous, sparsely blackish punctate beneath, entire, 10-15(-20) by (3-)3.5-6(-7) cm, 7-9-plinerved from and from up to 3.5 cm above the base, midrib prominent in the lower, slightly impressed (as are the nerves) in the upper part above, much prominent beneath, nerves decurrent considerably along the midrib, veins and veinlets reticulate, rather obscure above, ± prominent beneath; petiole blackish, transversely rugose, (8-)10-12 by 2-3 mm. Racemes axillary, abbreviate, 5-8(-10)-flowered; rachis 5-10(-15) mm, glabrous. Bracteoles oblong-ovate, basal. Pedicels 7-10 by c. 1 mm, +-accrescent, laxly puberulous especially distally. Calyx green, cupular, more densely pubescent than the pedicels, tube c. 2.5 by 3-4 mm, limb expanded, 5-denticulate, c. 1 mm. Corolla tubular, fleshy, red, rather densely short-hairy, c. 1.5 by c. 0.5 cm, lobes 2 mm. Stamens 9-10 and 7-8 mm; major stamens: filaments 3 mm, hirsutulous distally as is the connective; cells rostrate at base, c. 8 mm including tubules; processes +-connate, +-shorter than the tubules. Disk glabrous. Style slender, c. 2 cm. Mature fruit subglobular, blackish purple, c. 9 mm ø.
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