Tube shape : narrowly funnelform, puberulent to subglabrous outside, pilose inside for most of length
Tube dimensions : 19-25mm long x about. 2mm wide and slightly nodose at the base, gradually widened above until 4-6mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper : red, tips green
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : lance-oblong, short-pointed in bud
Sepal tips : acute
Sepal dimensions : 8-9mm long x 3-4mm wide
Corolla opening color : red
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : elliptic to lanceolate, acute
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 7-10mm long x 3-4mm wide
Nectary : unlobed, about 1mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : red, 4-7mm x 3-4mm long
Anthers : oblong, 1.4-1.6mm long x about 0.8mm wide, dull white
Pistil :
Style : pubescent for most of length, red
Stigma : capitate, about 2mm long x 2mm wide, shallowly four-lobed, cream-pink, exserted 1-2mm beyond anthers
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : few to numerous in short lateral racemes or on short sidebranchlets, rachis 2 to 10 (to 12) cm long
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : subglobose to ellipsoid, 10-13mm long x 8-9mm wide, nitid dark purple
Seed : tan, 1.1-1.3mm long x 0.7mm wide
Habit : erect to scandent shrubs with spreading branches
Hardiness:
Height : 1 – 3 m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks : flowers are up to 3,5 cm long
Named : because of the large leaves
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1925
Botanist : Johnston Ivan M.
Authors : Johnston 1925
Original publication : Contr. Gray Herb. 75: 35 1925
Habitat : in moist thickets in low elevation cloud forest and subtropical wet forest
Elevation : 1200-2000
Native country : Peru
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : opposite or less often ternate, firmly membranous, basal leaves generally considerably larger than the upper one, petioles subglabrous, 10 to 35 mm long, reddish, stipules dark, lanceolate to triangular, sometimes connate, 1 to 2 mm long, 0.5 to 0.8 mm wide, mostly deciduous
Foliage color upper side : light to dark green and subglabrous
Foliage color lower side : paler and subglabrous
Leaf dimensions : 16-27cm long x 5-9cm wide
Leaf shape : (narrowly) elliptic to lanceolate or (ob)ovate
Leaf margin : subentire
Leaf tip : acute to acuminate
Leaf base : acute to cuneate
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 14 to 19 on either side of the midvein, reddish and prominent below, anastomosing into a distinct submarginal vein
Stems :
Branches : young growth minutely puberulent, branchlets 3-6 mm thick, usually red-purple tinged, older branches with light brown, finely fissured bark
