Erect shrub. Branches terete, c. 5 mm ø, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-obovate, or obovate, 23-35 by 14-20 cm; apex acuminate; base obtuse or rounded in outline, shallow-cordate, sinus narrow, with auricles slightly overlapping each other; glabrous above, pubescent beneath; basal nerves 3 pairs, the inner pair similar to lateral ones, extending upward to c. ⅔ of the blade, outer 2 much weaker and shorter, close to the margin; lateral nerves c. 7 pairs, prominent below, distinct or slightly elevated above; veins crossbar-like, parallel, scalariform, veinlets transverse or reticulate, elevated and prominent beneath, distinct or obscure above; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, pubescent. Inflorescences in the axils of foliage leaves, solitary or sometimes 2, spiciform, c. 1.5 cm long, densely pubescent; bracts elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 3.5-9 by 1.5-3 mm, densely puberulous on both surfaces. Pedicel and ovary 17-20 mm long, densely puberulous. Perianth campanulate, c. 23 mm long, up to c. 45 mm ø, deeply 3-lobed, outer surface with distinctly pubescent reticulations, less hairy between the veins, inner surface densely covered with papillae and glandular hairs (appearing carpet-like); tube very short; lobes triangular, c. 18 by 24 mm, short-acuminate. Stamens in 2 whorls: upper row 10 or 11, lower 16 or 17; filaments papillate, 0.5-1 mm; anthers oblong, c. 1.5 mm long. Style column c. 3 mm long; lobes 18-20, c. 3 mm long, glabrous. Capsules unknown.
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