Shrub or small tree; twigs sparsely pubescent, with obscurely chambered pith; buds to ca. 0.5 mm long, leaves revolute.  Leaves coriaceous, ovate, 0.8-1.5 x 0.25-0.7 cm, base rounded, apex acute-mucronate, margin entire, strongly revolute, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent on midvein, abaxial surface essentially glabrous, often with few a inconspicuous glandular dots along midvein; petiole 1.5-4 mm long.  Inflorescences axillary racemes to ca. 5 cm long; rachis sparsely to moderately pubescent; bracteoles 2, opposite, nearly basal, narrowly triangular, to ca. 0.6 mm long; floral bracts to 1 mm long.  Flowers with triangular calyx lobes, with acute to acuminate apices, 0.5-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 mm, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla ± cylindrical, white, 4.5-6 x 2-3.5 mm, glabrous; filaments ca. 3.5 mm long; anthers ca. 1.3 mm long; ovary glabrous.  Capsules short-ovoid, 4-4.5 x 4.5-5.5 mm, placentae subapical; seeds ca. 1.5-2 mm long.

    Distribution.  Endemic to the Andes of N Peru, Bracamora region, ca. 2350 m alt.