Bush or small tree 3–8.4(–9) m. tall, often climbing; young branches glabrous.. Leaves glabrous; blades elliptic or sometimes broadly elliptic, 6–14(–18) cm. long, (2.2–)2.5–5.8(–7.8) cm. wide, apex acuminate, base acute; domatia present; petioles 0.3–0.8(–1) cm. long; stipules triangular, ± 3 mm. long, acuminate, early caducous.. Flowers sweetly scented, solitary, terminal on short branches above a single leaf; peduncle (0.3–)0.4–1 cm. long, bearing ± 5–9 scale-like, ciliate bracteoles.. Calyx glabrous outside; tube 0.5–0.8(–1) cm. long; limb-tube (0.5–)0.7–1 cm. long, wider than the tube; lobes very shortly triangular or linear, 1–2(–4) mm. long.. Corolla purple to green outside, whitish, often with purple spots inside, finely pubescent outside; tube narrowly cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above, (?4.4–)14–18(–24) cm. long, the funnel-shaped portion 3.8–4(–5.5) cm. long, 1.2–4.2 cm. wide at top, 0.2–0.4 cm. wide at base, with lines of pubescence in cylindrical portion inside; lobes overlapping to the left in bud, ovate, (1–)1.3–2.5(–4) cm. long, (0.9–)1.2–1.7 cm. wide, obtuse, greyish tomentose above.. Anthers included or with tips exserted, 2.7–3(–3.5) cm. long.. Style 12–21.2 cm. long, gradually widened towards apex; stigma partly exserted, (1.5–)2–2.9 cm. long, (0.2–)0.4–0.5 cm. wide.. Fruit ? green, drying blackish, globose to ellipsoid, 3.5–5.2(–7) cm. long, with 10 indistinct ribs, glabrous, the calyx-limb persistent.. Seeds brownish, 6–8 mm. long, 5–6 mm. wide, 1–1.5 mm. thick.
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A shrub or small tree. It can be 5 m high. The stems have many branches. The leaves are shiny. They are oval and 6 cm long by 4 cm wide. They flowers are long, white and funnel shaped. They can be 25 cm long. They are held fairly erect. The fruit are round and 5 cm across.
Flowers more or less erect, corolla greenish or reddish outside, the lobes white with purplish or reddish markings within
A shrub or small tree, up to 15 ft. high
Shiny foliage, often much-branched
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