Woodfordia uniflora Koehne

Slender often scrambling shrub or small tree 0.8–5 m. tall; stems puberulous; bark light brown on older stems breaking into fibrous strips.. Leaves shortly petiolate, opposite or sometimes in 3’s (fide F.P.S.), lanceolate, (1–)4–7(–12.5) cm. long, 0.4–3.5 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate to rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous, puberulous or pubescent on the venation beneath but not densely tomentose.. Inflorescence 1–6(–many)-flowered, up to 3 cm. long; pedicels 3–8 mm. long; bracteoles 2–4 mm. long.. Calyx-tube red or orange-red, yellowish beneath, 1–1.2 cm. long, 3–4 mm. wide, glandular-pubescent or puberulous; lobes triangular, (1–)1.5–2(–3) mm. long, acute.. Petals pink, red or whitish, elliptic, 0.5–2 mm. long, 0.2–0.3(–0.4) mm. wide, shorter than or equalling or rarely longer than the calyx-lobes, sometimes ciliate.. Stamens 1.3–1.6 cm. long.. Ovary 5–6 mm. long; style ± 1 cm. long.. Capsule ± 8 mm. long, 3–4.5 mm. wide.

A tropical plant. It has been recorded between 1,200-2,300 m above sea level.