Small trees. Branchlets sparsely to densely puberulent. Leaves: petiole 4-8 mm long, glabrous to sparsely puberulent; blade elliptic, 4-20 by 3-6.5 cm, 1.3-3.7 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, sparsely puberulent to glabrous above, sparsely to densely pale puberulent all over or only on midrib or glabrous beneath, 10-16 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation reticulate. Inflorescence 2.5-3.5 cm long, often with leafy bracts; peduncle 0.2-1.3 cm long, sparsely pubescent, pedicels 4-7.5 mm long, pubescent. Sepals ovate, 1.1-4 by 1.8-4.5 mm, 0.3-1.1 times as long as wide, apex rounded, sparsely pubescent, ciliate, colleters large in sinuses. Corolla orange; tube 3.7-10 mm long, 1.7-5.5 times as long as sepals, 0.4-0.5 times as long as lobes, minutely puberulent at top of tube outside, glabrous inside; lobes 6.5-15 by 3.3-9 mm, 1.7-2 times as long as wide, minutely puberulent inside and outside; antipetalous corona lobes 4-6.5 mm long, adnate to corolla except at apex, apex subentire to weakly crenate, glabrous inside, 3.8-5 times as long as alternipetalous lobes; alternipetalous corona lobes simple or slightly bifid, 0.7-1.7 mm long; alternating corona lobes lacking. Stamens inserted at 0.7-0.8 of tube length from base, exserted from tube; filaments 0.8-1 mm long; anthers 5-7.8 by 1.1-1.8 mm, pubescent on the outside or only at tips outside. Gynoecium of 2 adnate carpels, ovary 1.5-2.6 mm high; style and style head 5-7 mm long. Fruit of a single follicle that splits lengthways at maturity as each of the 2 component follicles dehisces, 20.5-22 by 1.4-2.2 cm, glabrous.
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