Epiphytic shrub or possibly sometimes a treelet. Leaves petioled, (oblong or elliptic to) obovate, 6.5-13 by 4-6.5 cm, coriaceous (in vivo probably thick fleshy), base cuneate, attenuate, apex rounded or blunt, without or with a short acumen; nerves c. 7-8 pairs, mostly invisible, sometimes minutely grooved beneath; petiole 1-2 cm, exauriculate; axillary scale partly adnate to the petiole, ¼-¾ cm long, about square, truncate to lobed, distinctly broader than the petiolar base. Inflorescences terminal; flowers 1-5 in a sessile cyme; pedicel 0.5-2 cm; bracteoles appressed to the calyx, ovate to roundish, 0.5-0.75 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 1½-3 cm long, connate for 1/3-2/3. Corolla-tube tubular, 6-7 cm. Anthers linear (-lanceolate), 9 mm, up to c. 1/3 bifid at the base. Stigma subpeltate, sometimes slightly 2-lobed, 3-5 mm ø. Fruits (young) ovoid to ellipsoid, 4 cm or more long, tapering into a conical beak; calyx loosely appressed.
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