Erect shrub or treelet, up to c. 1.25 m high. Branches terete, c. 1 cm ø, densely tomentose or villous, sometimes glabrescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic, oblanceolate, or oblong, 21-42.5 by 9.5-16.5 cm, apex acuminate; base cuneate or obtuse; glabrous above, tomentose beneath especially on the midrib, nerves and veins; basal nerves 2 pairs, emerging from the base, the inner one extending upward to about halfway, similar in thickness and appearance to the lateral ones, occasionally with some secondary nerves, outer one very weak, short and close to the margin; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, elevated and prominent beneath, distinct or flat above; veins usually transverse and scalariform, connected with crossbar-like or loosely reticulate veinlets, elevated beneath, often faint or invisible above; the petiole c. 5 mm, densely pubescent. Inflorescences near the base of the stem, in the axils of bracts, few-branched, paniculiform or racemiform, internodes spacious, villous; bracts ovate, c. 10 mm long, villous. Pedicel and ovary 10-15 mm, pubescent. Perianth outside faintly violet tinged, inside violet at the base, white at the top, or red with white, funnel-shaped, 3-3.5 cm long, c. 3.5 cm ø, with distinct longitudinal and loosely reticulate veins, pubescent outside, glandularly hairy inside; tube cylindric, c. 1.5 cm long; lobes suborbicular, 1.5-2 by 1.2-2 cm, apical part rounded, acute, or rarely apiculate. Stamens in 2 whorls: upper row 6-8, lower 13-15; filaments glabrous, 0-0.5 mm; anthers oblong, c. 1.5 mm long. Style column 2.5 mm long, lobes 5-7, c. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Capsules unknown.
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