Gregarious, evergreen shrubs, up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves 5-10 cm long, 2.5-5 cm broad, elliptic to oblong, apiculate, dorsal side glabrous, coriaceous, ventral brown tomentose. Flowers in loose terminal clusters. Bracts 1-1.5 cm long, oblong; pedicel 1.5-2.3 cm long. Calyx lobes minute, sub-ovate. Corolla light purple, campanulate, 2.5-3 cm long. Stamens 10; filaments long, glabrous. Ovary 5-9-locular, glabrous. Capsule cylindrical, curved, 2-3 cm long.