Liana, epiphytic shrub, or small tree, up to 13 m by c. 10 cm ø. Leaves sessile, oblong-obovate, 13-27 by 6-12 cm, thin-coriaceous, base narrowly cuneate, long-decurrent, again somewhat broadened and subauriculate slightly above the twig, completely hiding the axillary scale which is adnate to the midrib, ± 0.75 cm long and rather narrow; apex blunt to faintly blunt-acuminate; nerves 5-7 pairs, inconspicuous above, pro-minulous to prominent beneath. Inflorescences corymbose, laxly branched, with c. 15-20 subsessile flowers; bracteoles small, appressed, just below the calyx. Calyx slender-campanulate, c. 1 mm, less than 1/3 divided. Corolla-tube widely funnel-shaped, 3 cm. Anthers ovate-lanceolate, 7 mm, cells in their basal half free. Stigma unknown. Fruits globular, 2 cm ø; pedicels slender, calyx-lobes reflexed.
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