Bush or scandent shrub, 1.2–3.4 m. tall; young branches pubescent or less often glabrous; older branches covered with fawn bark, occasionally pubescent.. Leaf-blades elliptic to oblanceolate, (9.5–)12.5–21 cm. long, (3.4–)5.2–11 cm. wide, apex acute to acuminate, base obtuse to cuneate, sparsely scabrid-pubescent or occasionally glabrous above, scabrid-pubescent or less often glabrous or pubescent beneath; bacterial nodules dot-shaped, elliptic or linear, concentrated on the nerves or scattered, few, or sometimes absent; petiole 1–3(–6) cm. long, pubescent or glabrous; stipule-limbs truncate, 2–3(–4) mm. long, membranous, with arista 4–5 mm. long when young, thicker with a corky margin when older, glabrous to pubescent outside, caducous.. Corymbs terminal on main and lateral leafy branches 9–25 cm. long, usually lax, 3.5–8.5 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 0.3–3.7 cm. long; secondary and often tertiary branches present; pedicels (0.5–)1–5 mm. long, glabrous; bracts up to 1 cm long, caducous.. Calyx glabrous; tube 1–2.5 mm. long; limb-tube (1–)2–2.5(–5) mm. long, wider than the tube, drying pale, circumscissile; lobes linear 2–8 mm. long.. Corolla-tube 1.4–2.2 cm. long, 1.5 mm. wide at top, glabrous outside, not bearded at throat; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 0.6–1.1 cm. long, 0.15–0.2 cm. wide, acuminate.. Style 3.9–5.7 cm. long.. Fruit black, 0.8–1 cm. in diameter, shiny; calyx-limb not persistent.. Seeds blackish brown, 5 mm. wide, slightly rugulose on convex face.. Fig. 106/17.
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