Shrub. Leaves subsessile to shortly petioled, oblong to elliptic, c. 9-10 by 4.5-5.5 cm, firmly coriaceous, base rounded or subcordate, faintly auriculate, margin recurved, apex obtuse or minutely obtusely pointed; nerves 5-6 pairs, on the upper surface faintly visible, beneath inconspicuous or almost so; axillary scale for the greater part adnate to the petiole, 0.5-0.75 cm long, about quadrangular to slightly bilobed, boat-shaped, nearly completely hidden by the leaf-base. Inflorescences usually 2-flowered, pedicels thick, 1-2 cm long; bracteoles near the apex, ovate to oblong, 0.75-1.5 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 2-2.5 cm long, divided somewhat over halfway down. Corolla-tube distinctly funnel-shaped, 4.5 cm, lobes exceptionally short, rounded. Anthers oblong, thick, 8-11 mm long, cells free in their basal half. Stigma ± cupular-peltate, 2.5 mm ø. Fruits globular, 2.5-3 cm ø; calyx appressed.
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