Gnarled tree or subarboreous shrub, 3-10 m, trunk up to 25 cm ø. Leaves petioled, (obovate-) oblong to (obovate-)lanceolate, 7.5-12 by 2.5-4 cm, thickly coriaceous, base tapering, decurrent, apex very obtuse or rounded; nerves 5-12 pairs, faintly visible above, subinconspicuous beneath; petiole 1.5-3 cm, rather slender, narrowly winged towards the lamina; exauriculate; axillary scale adnate to the petiole, 1/3-1/2 cm long, truncate or slightly emarginate. Inflorescences 3-9-flowered cymes, pedicels not very thick, 0.5-1.5 cm; bracteoles about halfway. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 1-2 cm long, divided +-halfway down. Corolla-tube long-cylindric, narrow, slightly widened in the upper part, 7-11 cm. Anthers narrowly linear-lanceolate with a narrowed apex, c. 1 cm, slightly bifid at base. Stigma 2-lobed with oblong lobes, 4-5 mm ø. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, acute, 3.5-4 by 1.75 cm, shining orange-red; calyx appressed.
Woods on very sandy, gravelly soil, open sunny slopes, 300-400 m. Fl.--04, fr.--05.
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