Description: Herbaceous; stem unbranched, woody, densely hairy, 3–10 cm tall. Leaves opposite; obovate to obovate-oblong, 5–18 x 4–6 cm; apex broadly rounded; base rounded to slightly subcordate, often asymmetrical; blade glabrous above, scattered hairy below; petioles 1.5–5 cm long. Inflorerscens cymose, axillary; peduncles 8–10 cm long. Calyx divided into 5 sub-equal segments, 1.5–2 cm long. Corolla tubular, 4–6 cm long, tube ca 1.5 cm in diam when expanded, orange-red. Stamens 4; filaments 1.5–1.8 cm long. Ovary densely glandular pubescent; stigma expanded. Fruits glandular pubescent, immature ca 5 cm long. |