Stout shrub;  stems stout, angled, glabrous.  Leaves oblong, 10-25 x 4-9 cm, basally rounded or cuneate, apically acute or obtuse, marginally entire and slightly revolute, glabrous, sparsely punctate above;  pinnately nerved, midrib stout, slightly raised above, very prominent and raised beneath, lateral nerves (4-5 per side) arcuate-ascending, slightly impressed above and raised beneath, reticulate veinlets plane above and slightly raised beneath;  petiole rugose, 12-20 mm long and to 5 mm diam., glabrous, narrowly winged above.  Inflorescence terminal or axillary, racemose;  rachis stout, subterete, 10-25 cm long and to 7 mm diam., glabrous;  floral bract sometimes leaf-like and to 8 cm long;  pedicel subterete, 12-25 mm long and ca. 3 mm diam., glabrous;  bracteoles medial, ovate, rounded, to 4 mm long.  Flowers with calyx 10-11 mm long;  hypanthium short-cylindric, ca. 4 mm long, 5 mm diam., glabrous;  limb spreading, 6-7 mm long including lobes;  lobes ovate, acute, thick-margined except at the apiculate tip, 4-5 mm long, sometimes partially fused;  corolla thick-carnose, cylindric-urceolate, 18-25 mm long and 7-10 mm diam. at base, glabrous, the lobes triangular, acute, 2-3 mm long;  stamens equal, 14-15 mm long;  filaments distinct, thick, 2-3 mm long, glabrous;  thecae strongly granular, stout, 7-9 mm long;  tubules 2, laterally connate, 5-6.5 mm long, dehiscing by frequently fused clefts more than half their length;  style stout, up to 1 mm diam., shorter than corolla;  stigma truncate.  Berry not seen.

    Distribution.  Endemic to Colombia.