Branchlets sparsely puberulent. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.6-1.4 cm long, sparsely puberulent; blade subcoriaceous to coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 3.1-9.1 by 0.7-3.1 cm, 2.7-5.3 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to caudate, base cuneate to abruptly rounded, glabrous, 5-9 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation largely obscure. Inflorescence of axillary cymes, 6.1-16 cm long; puberulent, denser on upper parts; peduncles 2.7-10 cm long; pedicels 4.5-9 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.2-1.5 by 0.8-0.9 mm, 1.3-1.9 times as long as wide, apex acuminate to acute, sparsely puberulent. Corolla reddish to purplish with a white or yellowish tube, buds cylindrical, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla with erect lobes; tube 3-5 mm long, 2.1-3.3 times as long as sepals, 1-1.7 times as long as lobes; lobes narrowly triangular, 2.8-3.2 by 0.9-1 mm, apex acute; puberulent outside, sometimes sparsely so, densely pubescent in throat and top of tube inside. Stamens inserted at 0.7-0.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.1-0.3 of tube length; filaments straight, pubescent, 1.7-2.1 mm long; anthers with broadish tails curved in towards each other, 3.5-4.1 by 0.5 mm, 7-8.2 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, narrowly triangular, apex acuminate, 0.8-1 mm long. Ovary 0.8-1 mm long; style 2.2-3.1 mm long; style head 0.8-0.9 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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