Branchlets glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.4-1.4 cm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; blade papery to coriaceous, narrow ovate to linear, 2.8-9.1 by 0.5-2.9 cm, 2.5-19 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to caudate, base rounded to obtuse, glabrous or sparsely puberulent midrib beneath, 5-8 pairs of secondary veins, forming into an intramarginal nerve, tertiary venation obscure or laxly reticulate. Inflorescence of short axillary cymes, 1.5-5 cm long; sparsely brown puberulent; peduncles 0.6-2.9 cm long; pedicels 3.7-10 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.2-1.6 by 0.7-1.1 mm, 1.2-2 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to acute, sparsely puberulent. Corolla pink or lilac, buds with tube slightly wider than head, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla salverform or with erect lobes; tube 2-3.9 mm long; 1.7-2.8 times as long as sepals, 1-2.5 times as long as lobes; lobes narrowly triangular, 1.6-2.8 by 0.7-0.9 mm; sparsely puberulent to glabrous outside, pubescent in throat with downward pointing hairs inside. Stamens inserted at 0.6-0.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.2-0.3 of tube length; filaments straight, pubescent, 1.6-2.3 mm long; anthers with broad tails curved in towards each other, 2.6-3.4 by 0.5-0.6 mm, 5.2-5.7 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong to narrowly triangular, 0.8-1 mm long. Ovary 0.7-1 mm long; style 1.8-2.4 mm long; style head 0.7-1 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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