Scandent shrub. Branchlets rigid, tips angular, glabrous. Leaves +-dense, mostly obovate or el-liptic-obovate, more rarely subobovate-oblong, apex shortly and broadly attenuate, obtuse or rounded, base cuneate or attenuate, basal glands +-distinct, very coriaceous, glabrous, laxly blackish punctate beneath, edge slightly revolute, rather densely 2-5 mm spaced subserrate-crenulate, 2-5.5 by 1-2.5 cm, midrib narrowly immersed above, obtusely prominent beneath, nerves 1-2 basal or slightly suprabasal and curved-ascending, and 3-4 upper, less distinct pairs, all faintly or not impressed above, slightly raised beneath, reticulation none; petiole rugulose, 3-5 by 1-1.5 mm. Fascicles axillary, (1-)2-4-flowered, glabrous. Pedicels 5-9 by c. 1 mm. Bracteoles 3 mm, basal. Calyx tube subcylindric, 2-2.5 mm ø and long, base subtruncate, limb +-spreading, 2 mm, 5-dented ± halfway. Corolla cylindric, 1.5-1.8 cm by c. 4 mm, +-fleshy, red, lobes c. 2 mm. Stamens 6-7 and 5-6 mm; major stamens: filaments 2 mm, with some sparse distal papillae; cells narrow, echinulate, base obtuse, 5 mm including the divergent, 1.5 mm long tubules; connective indistinct, indicated merely by a few papillae. Disk glabrous. Style slender, c. 2 cm, much exserted.
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