Branchlets tomentose. Leaves opposite; petiole 1.6-3 cm long; blade ovate, 6.5-13.5 by 3.6-11.2 cm, 1.1-1.8 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cordate, sparsely puberulent on midrib and secondary veins, 4-9 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation laxly reticulate. Inflorescence of lax axillary cymes, 7-18.5 cm long; brown appressed velutinous; peduncles 2.8-8 cm long; pedicels 1.7-4.5 mm long. Sepals narrow ovate, reflexed, 1.9-2.9 by 1-1.3 mm, 1.7-2.4 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, appressed velutinous. Corolla cream coloured to yellow, buds with an acuminate head, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla salverform with reflexed lobes; tube 2.9-3.2 mm long, 1-1.5 times as long as sepals, 1.4-2.5 times as long as lobes; lobes triangular, 1.3-2.1 by 0.8-0.9 mm, apex acuminate; pubescent on upper tube and lobes outside, bearded in throat, pubescent in 5 rows down tube inside. Stamens inserted at 1.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.5 of tube length; filaments curved, puberulent, 0.5-0.7 mm long; anthers narrowly triangular, tails broad, flattened, 2.1-2.3 by 0.4 mm, 5.3-5.8 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong, flat topped or notched, 1-1.2 mm long. Ovary c. 0.9 mm long; style 1.7-1.9 mm long; style head 0.6-0.7 mm long. Fruit (immature) linear, sparsely pubescent.
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