Branchlets brown tomentose. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.7-3.2 cm long; blade papery to coriaceous, ovate, 3.9-14.3 by 1.9-7.8 cm, 1.5-2.1 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cordate, densely brown velutinous beneath, more sparsely so above, 5-8 pairs of secondary veins, ascending, tertiary venation laxly reticulate. Inflorescence of axillary umbelliform cymes, 2.5-8.5 cm long; appressed brown velutinous; peduncles 1.2-6 cm long; pedicels 2-4.7 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.6-2.2 by 1-1.2 mm, 1.5-2 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, densely brown velutinous. Corolla yellow, buds slightly constricted around the middle, lobes overlapping slightly, open corolla with reflexed lobes; tube 4.5-7 mm long, 2.3-3.7 times as long as sepals, 2.5-5 times as long as lobes; lobes triangular, 1.5-1.9 by 0.9-1.1 mm, apex acute to acuminate; sparsely pubescent on tube above constriction and on lobes outside, glabrous in throat, sparsely pubescent below anthers inside. Stamens inserted at 2-3.2 mm from corolla base which is 0.4-0.5 of tube length; filaments narrow, straight, pubescent, 1.5-2 mm long; anthers narrowly triangular, with narrow tails, 2.8-3.1 by 0.6 mm, 4.7-5.2 times as long as wide. Disk either of 5 separate lobes or with lobes partly fused at base, flat, acuminate and/or notched at apex, 1.4-1.5 mm long. Ovary 0.7-1 mm long; style 2.9-4 mm long; style head 0.8-1 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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