Parsonsia hebetica Markgr.

Branchlets glabrous to puberulent. Leaves opposite; petiole 1.4-3.6 cm long; blade coriaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic, 4.9-13.3 by 1.5-6.6 cm, 2.1-3.2 times as long as wide, apex caudate to acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous to minutely and sparsely puberulent, 7-10 pairs of secondary veins, ascending, tertiary venation reticulate and often dark. Inflorescence of axillary and terminal cymes, 4.2-6.2 cm long, brown pubescent; peduncle 2-3.5 cm long; pedicels 3.3-5 mm long. Sepals ovate, 0.9-1.3 by 0.6-0.8 mm, 1.3-1.8 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to acute, puberulent. Corolla yellowish or purplish, buds with slightly wider head, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla with erect to spreading lobes; tube 3-4.4 mm long, 3-3.3 times as long as sepals, 0.8-1.4 times as long as lobes; lobes linear, 3.2-3.5 by 0.6-0.7 mm; sparsely puberulent outside, densely puberulent in throat with downward pointing hairs. Stamens inserted at 0.7 mm from corolla base which is 0.2-0.3 of tube length; filaments straight, puberulent, 1.7-2.7 mm long; anthers narrowly triangular, tails curving into each other, 2.9-3.6 by 0.6 mm, 4.8-6 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, triangular, apex acuminate, 0.7-1.1 mm long. Ovary 0.7-1 mm long; style 2.1-3.1 mm long; style head 0.8-1 mm long. Fruit linear, puberulent, 6.9-12.9 cm by 2.8-3.2 mm. Seeds: grain 4.5-4.6 by 0.9-1 mm, coma 11.5-12 mm long.

It is a tropical plant. It has been collected at 1,300 m above sea level.