Woody climber or scrambling shrub, younger branches stellate-hirsute, older ones with rather many orbicular to oval lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong to obovate-oblong or obovate, 8-23(-30) by 3½-9(-11) cm, 8-12-nerved; obtuse to rounded, usually short-acuminate at the apex, acute to obtuse to rounded, sometimes minutely cordate at the base; sparsely stellate-hirsute, soon glabrescent, with faintly prominent to distinctly sunken midrib, nerves, and venation above; densely stellate-hirsute, glabrescent or not, with prominent nerves and venation beneath. Petiole 7-15 mm. Inflorescences axillary, sometimes 2 together, ½-4 cm, 2-20-flowered. Flowers fragrant. Pedicel 1½-3 mm. Sepals 1 & 2 oval to orbicular, 2.5-3.7 by 2.5-3.7 mm, 4 & 5 transverse-oval, 2.5-3.7 by 3-5 mm, stellate-hirsute outside (hairs with 3-7 branches, one distinctly longer and stronger, up to ca 750 µ long). Corolla yellow or cream-coloured, 7½-9 mm, tube 2½-4 mm; midpetaline field 3.5-5 by 2.3-2.8 mm, rather densely appressed-hairy (hairs with 3-8 branches, one distinctly longer and stronger, up to 800 µ long); lobules 2½-4 by 3-4 mm, rather thick, without or with faintly visible venation, entire, sometimes coherent above the midpetaline field for up to 0.7 mm. Stamens inserted 0.7-1.5 mm above the corolla-base; filament 0.3-0.7 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm broad at base; anther 1.7-2 mm long, 0.6-1 mm broad, 0.4-0.5 mm thick, acute to acuminate at the apex (sterile part 0.3-0.6 mm), cordate at the base. Ovary 1-1.5 by 1.2-1.8 mm, glabrous or densely short-hirsute; stigma conical, with 10 distinct ridges. Fruit ellipsoid, 22 by 14 mm, glabrous or rather sparsely short-appressed-hairy. Cotyledons plain.
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