Large shrub c. 3 m high. Leaves very glossy, deep green above with whitish midrib. Flowers very fragrant, white, turning light yellow after anthesis. Corolla tube 3.5-4 cm long; lobes 9, 3.5-4 cm long, ± obovate with upper part curving forward. Stamens almost appressed to corolla. Style and stigmas to c. 2 cm long.