Epiphytic shrub. Branches greyish corticate, angular when dry. Branchlets densely ferrugineous setose and setulose at the subterete tips (the shorter bristles becoming furfuraceous), early glabrescent. Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, sometimes suborbicular-elliptic, apex short-acuminate or mostly obtuse to rounded, the terminal gland rather small and slightly protruding, base attenuate into the petiole, coriaceous, very young ones covered with a dense dark rusty tomentum which consists of short bristles and shorter bristle-like hairs, the latter becoming furfuraceous, glabrescent with age, but remaining scabrid to the touch for a long time, finally glabrous, subentire, mostly +-distinctly revolute (at least in dry state), (4-)6-10 by (2-)2.5-7.5 cm, midrib mostly impressed above, always strongly raised beneath, nerves in 3-4(-5) pairs curved-ascending and +-distinctly anastomosing, with some other shorter less distinct ones from the upper third of the midrib, all mostly slightly immersed above, only the lower ones somewhat raised beneath, no proper reticulation visible, although both faces are somewhat rugose in the dry state; petiole rugose, glabrescent, 5-8(-12) by c. 2 mm. Flowers 3-5 per fascicle. Pedicels stout, densely rusty setulose and-furfuraceous, 3-5 mm at anthesis, basal bracts very small. Bracteoles ovate, apiculate, rather glabrous dorsally, long-ciliate, c. 1.5 mm. Calyx very shortly contracted at the base, 2.5-3 mm, subdensely very shortly crisped-hairy in its upper half, lobes ovate, subacute, ciliolate, 2 mm. Corolla subcylindric-campanulate, green with red tinge, glabrous, 3.5-4 mm, lobes obtuse, reflexed, 1 mm. Filaments linear, glabrous, 2 mm; anther-cells ovate, granular, c. 1 mm; tubules rather broad, c. 0.5 mm. Ovary glabrous; style 2.5 mm. Fruit red, 3-4 mm ø.
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