A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; branches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate-oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 3 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath; secondary nerves 9–11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2–5 lin. long. Corymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles generally very short, rarely up to 1 1/4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate, obtuse; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx puberulous, 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2–2 1/2 in. long; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within; lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3–4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Staminal cone not quite reaching to the corolla-mouth, 1 1/2 lin. long. Carpels densely pubescent. Follicles glabrous, 9–12 in. long, 2–3 lin. in diam. Seeds 6–7 lin. long; coma 18–20 lin. long.
