Liana. Branches hirsute with up to 2 mm long hairs, together with groups of very small, stellately grouped hairs (0.1 mm long). Leaves elliptic, 5-7 by 3½-4½ cm, slightly scabrid, with rounded apex and base, rather sparsely hirsute with up to 2 mm long, rather rigid hairs. Petiole 10-15 mm. Inflorescence terminal on a few-leaved lateral branch, few (2-4)-flowered, ca 3-4 cm long. Flower ca 15 mm diam. Sepals 5, approximately circular, the outer two ca 4 mm diam., the inner three ca 6 by 7 mm, lanuginose outside together with stellate groups of short hairs, glabrous to very sparsely shortly strigose inside. Petals 3, ca 9 by 6 mm. Stamens 2½-3 mm long; Anthercells strongly separated at the apex. Carpels 2-3, with ca 2 mm long, rather thin, ferrugineous hairs. Fruit unknown.
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