Leaf lamina ovate, narrowly ovate, elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, variable in shape and size, 1·25–2·5 x as long as wide, 6–35 x 5–23 mm., sometimes smaller, obtuse, rounded, or occasionally acute at the apex, cuneate, rounded, or subcordate at the base, above sparsely pubescent on the costa, beneath less so on the costa and veins to glabrous.
Sepals equal, connate at the base, narrowly ovate, about 2 x as long as wide, 1–1·2 x 0·5–0·6 mm., obtuse, often minutely ciliate, glabrous on both sides; after the shedding of the corolla seemingly topped by the brush–like apical hairs of the ovary which is slightly longer.
Inflorescence terminal on short lateral branches or axillary, usually much longer than the leaves, 1–5·5 cm. long, 1–many–flowered.
Twigs pubescent and usually with a bare stripe above the leaves when young, glabrescent.
Corolla white or orange, 4–7 x as long as the calyx, 4–8 mm. long.
Capsule medium brown, sparsely appressed–pubescent or –pilose.
Shrub or small liana, about 1–1·5 m. high.
Flowers small.