Branchlets sparsely to densely brown velutinous. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.8-4.8 cm long; blade subcoriaceous, ovate to elliptic, margin inrolled or not, 4.3-17 by 2.1-10.3 cm, 1.5-2.4 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cordate to obtuse, densely brown velutinous, 6-8 pairs of secondary veins, prominent beneath, tertiary venation reticulate. Inflorescence of condensed axillary cymes, 1.4-3.8 cm long; densely pubescent; peduncles 0.5-2.3 cm long; pedicels 1.4-4.3 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.4-2.1 by 1.1-1.5 mm, 1-1.6 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, densely velutinous. Corolla whitish to greenish, buds with a wider tube than acute head, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla with erect or inflexed corolla lobes; tube 2.5-3.8 mm long, 1.4-2.1 times as long as sepals, 1.1-1.7 times as long as lobes; lobes triangular, 2-2.6 by 1.2 mm; densely pubescent on upper tube and lobes outside, densely pubescent in throat and in upper half of tube. Stamens inserted at 1.6-1.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.4-0.5 of tube length; filaments straight, pubescent, 1.1-1.4 mm long; anthers flattened at base, squared, with a boss on the back at the top, 2.8-3.4 by 0.7 mm, 4-4.9 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong, flat topped or notched, c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.7-1 mm long; style 2-2.6 mm long; style head 1-1.1 mm long. Fruit linear, sparsely pubescent, 11.6-16.2 cm by 6.5-8.5 mm. Seeds: grain 10.1-12.1 by 1.4-1.8 mm, coma 2.2-2.6 cm long.
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