Shrubs 1.5-3 m tall. Stems, branches, petioles, pedicels, and calyces densely hirsute, trichomes basally flattened. Petiole 1-2.5(-4) cm; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, (4.5-)8-15(-22) × (1.7-)2.5-5(-8) cm, stiffly papery, both surfaces strigose, secondary veins 2 on each side of midvein, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, apex long acuminate to acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose, usually 1(or 3-5)-flowered. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Hypanthium 1-2 × 1-2 cm, trichomes sometimes retroflexed. Calyx lobes 5(-7), triangular to triangular-lanceolate, 6-12 × ca. 4 mm, strigose at ridges. Petals 5(-7), pink to purple, broadly obovate, (2-)3-5 × (1.5-)2-2.2 cm, apically oblique, apex emarginate. Longer stamens with anthers ca. 1.3 cm; connective long extended at base, curved, basal-adaxially with 2 lobes. Shorter stamens with anthers ca. 9 mm; connective not extended, basal-adaxially with 2 lobes. Ovary half inferior, densely setose. Fruit urceolate-turbinate, 1.5-2.2 × 1.5-2 cm, succulent, with stiff often retroflexed trichomes. Fl. all year, fr. Aug-Oct.
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A shrub. It grows 1-2 m high. The branches are loose and densely yellow. The leaves are opposite and oval or sword shaped. They are 10-14 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are rounded at the base. There are bristles underneath. The flowers are purple-red. They are large and showy with 1-3 at the ends of branches. The fruit are half round and 1-2 cm long and wide. They have curved bristles. They split open on one side. They are red inside with many seeds.
Disturbed forests, along streams and roads, in open places and savannahs; at elevations of up to 2,300 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on open slopes and low hills below 400 m above sea level in southern China.
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