Woody climber or small tree, branches sparsely strigose, older ones terete with rather many orbicular lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 8-18 by 4-8½ cm, 7-9-nerved; acuminate from an obtuse to rounded apex, rounded to broadly acute at the base; glabrous, with slightly to distinctly sunken midrib, faintly sunken nerves, and faintly sunken to faintly prominent venation above; glabrous, with faintly prominent nerves and faintly prominent to indistinct venation beneath. Petiole 9-18 mm. Inflorescences axillary, 1-5 cm, 6-50-flowered. Flowers fragrant. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Sepals 1 & 2 oval to orbicular, 2.3-2.5 by 2.2-2.7 mm, 4 & 5 orbicular to transverse-oval, 2.3-2.5 by 2.7-3.3 mm, rather sparsely to rather densely strigose outside (hairs 2-branched, up to 400 µ total length). Corolla white, 8½-9 mm, tube 2-3 mm; midpetaline field 4 by 2.2-2.8 mm, rather densely appressed-hairy (hairs 2-branched, up to 800 (µ total length); lobules 3½-4½ by 3½-4½ mm, with not too distinct venation, entire, coherent above the midpetaline field for up to 0.4 mm. Stamens inserted 0.8-1.5 mm above corolla-base; filament 0.7-1.2 mm long, 0.4-0.6 mm broad at the base; anther 2 mm long, 0.8-0.9 mm broad, 0.5-0.6 mm thick, acute at the apex, cordate at the base. Ovary 1.2-1.7 by 1.5-1.7 mm, rather densely appressed-hairy; stigma conical, with 10 rather low ridges. Fruit ellipsoid, 30 by 18 mm, glabrous, smooth, orange. Cotyledons plain.
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