Branchlets greyish, 1 1/2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, finely and rather densely lenticellate; internodes 3/4–1 3/4 in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, obovate-oblong or more rarely obovate, 1 1/2–3 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 3/4 in. broad, rounded at the apex, obtuse or acute at the base, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2–3 on each side, obliquely ascending, raised on both surfaces; petiole 2–5 lin. long. Racemes axillary, 1–3 together; peduncle up to 6 lin. long; rhachis 1 1/2–2 in. long, rather densely fulvous-pilose; pedicels about 1/4 lin. long, fulvous-pilose; bract ovate, acute, shorter than the receptacle and calyx, fulvous-pilose. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly cupular, 3/4– 7/8 lin. long, densely fulvous-pilose. Calyx about 1/6 lin. long. Corolla nearly 1 1/2 in. long, rather densely fulvous-pilose outside with stellate hairs, basal swelling ovoid-oblong, 2 lin. long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 6 1/2 lin. long; lobes linear-spathulate from a triangular base, 9 lin. long. Filaments inserted about 3 1/4 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, linear below, broadened above; anthers truncate-emarginate (Engler). Disc 1/8 lin. high. Berry ellipsoid, 2 1/2 lin. long.
