Epiphytic or terrestrial subscandent shrub, 1-5 m. Branchlets thick, nodose, subterete, with large scars of the fallen leaves, tips obtusangular, reddish brown, completely glabrous. Leaves elliptic or mostly oblong-obovate to elliptic-obovate, apex subacuminate to rounded, sometimes emarginate, apiculate by a thickish gland, base cuneate into the petiole, stiff-coriaceous, thick, dark glossy green and glabrous above, rather dull and minutely blackish punctate beneath, margin slightly recurved and impressed-crenulate, each crenulation provided with a short, +-early caducous bristlelike hair, (5-)6-10(-11) by (2.5-)3.5-5(-7.5) cm, 5(-7)-plinerved, midrib and nerves sunken above, markedly raised beneath, the lowest 1-2 pairs of nerves from, the following upper 1-2 pairs a little from above the base of the lamina, all high curved-ascending and anastomosing at the top, other higher nerves or transversal veins from the upper half of the midrib, rather obscure; petiole glabrous, 1-1.3 cm by 2-3 mm. Flowers (3-)5-7 per axil. Pedicels rather stoutish, densely shortly +-patently rufescent-hairy, with a few glandular muriculate hairs between, 4-6 mm at anthesis, up to 1 cm in fruit, basal bracts ovate-acuminate, hairy, 1-1.5 mm. Bracteoles semi-orbicular-ovate, obtuse, densely short-hairy dorsally, ciliate, c. 1.5 by 2 mm. Calyx greenish, c. 2.5 mm, glabrous, lobes ovate, obtuse, short-fimbriate and ciliate, c. 1.5 mm, ± spreading. Corolla subglobose-urceolate, limb and base contracted, the middle ventricose, fleshy, of a translucent white to pinkish, sometimes purplish, glabrous, (4-)5-6.5(-8) mm high and 0, lobes spreading, 1 mm. Filaments linear, glabrous, inflexed below the anthers, c. 2 mm; anther-cells oblong, very granular, c. 2.8 mm, the very short tubules included. Ovary glabrous; style 3-4 mm. Fruit light purple when ripe, c. 3 mm ø.
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