Branches lenticellate; branchlets sparsely tomentose. Leaves opposite; petiole 1-2.9 cm long; blade papery, elliptic to ovate, 4.5-12 by 2.3-7.5 cm, 1.4-2 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, sparsely puberulent on midrib above, sparsely puberulent all over beneath, 5-7 pairs of secondary veins, slightly ascending, tertiary venation laxly reticulate to scalariform, sometimes somewhat obscure. Inflorescence of congested axillary and terminal cymes, 2.7-6.7 cm long; covered in dense spreading hairs; peduncles 1.6-4.1 cm long; pedicels 1.6-2.2 mm long. Sepals linear, reflexed, 1.3-2 by 0.6-1 mm, 1.6-3.3 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to acute, brown velutinous. Corolla yellow; bud cylindrical, apiculate, lobes only slightly overlapping, open corolla salverform or with erect lobes; tube 1.9-2.2 mm long, 1-2.5 times as long as calyx, 0.9-1.3 times as long as lobes; lobes triangular, 1.5-2.2 by 0.9-1 mm, apex acuminate; brown velutinous all over or on lobes and upper 2/3 of tube outside, densely pubescent in throat and upper half of tube inside. Stamens inserted at 0.4-0.7 mm from corolla base which is 0.2-0.3 of tube length; filaments slightly curved, puberulent, c. 0.5 mm long; anthers oblong, tails rounded, flattened, 1.9-2.1 by 0.4 mm, 4.8-5.3 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong, bifid or 3-dentate on top, c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.6-0.7 mm long; style c. 0.7 mm long; style head c. 0.5 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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