Branchlets glabrous or very sparsely puberulent when young. Leaves opposite; petiole 5-14 mm long; blade papery to coriaceous, elliptic, with an inrolled margin, 2.1-7.1 by 0.8-3.1 cm, 1.8-3.2 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded to obtuse, glabrous or with a few hairs on the petiole, 4-7 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescence of lax axillary cymes, 5.5-14.7 cm long; sparsely puberulent especially on the upper parts; peduncles 2-6.7 cm long; pedicels 3.6-6.3 mm long. Sepals ovate, 0.9-1.2 by 0.6-1 mm, 1-1.8 times as long as wide, apex acute, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, sparsely puberulent. Corolla whitish or purplish, buds with tube wider than head, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla salverform; tube 1.9-2.7 mm long, 1.7-2.7 times as long as sepals, 0.7-1 times as long as lobes; lobes oblong, 2.5-3.1 by 0.7-0.8 mm, apex acute to acuminate; sparsely puberulent outside, pubescent at base of lobes and throat with hairs pointing downwards inside. Stamens inserted at 0.5-0.7 mm from corolla base which is 0.2-0.3 of tube length; filaments straight to geniculate, pubescent, 1.5-2.4 mm long; anthers narrowly triangular, tails obtuse to rounded, 2.4-3.6 by 0.4-0.6 mm, 4-9 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong to triangular, apex acuminate to caudate, 1-1.1 mm long. Ovary 0.8-1.1 mm long; style 1.8-2.4 mm long; style head 0.9-1 mm long. Fruit linear, very sparsely puberulent, c. 6.5 cm by c. 4 mm. Seeds not seen.
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