Trees, to 25 m tall. Leaves spiral in congested or loose pseudowhorls; petioles 0-7 by c. 4 mm, swollen at base; lamina linear-oblanceolate to linear-elliptic, (14.5-)27-41.5 by (3.5-)5-9.5 cm, subcoriaceous beneath, base cuneate-decurrent, margin obscurely callose-denticulate when immature, later entire, apex acute-acuminate, apiculate at top, lower surface glabrous and papillate; midrib prominent on both surfaces, primary veins 16-23(-27) pairs, brochidodromous, abruptly arcuate near margins, usually merging. Cataphylls appressed. Inflorescences infrafoliar, 1-2(-4)-flowered, to 4 cm long, pendulous; rachis glabrous; basal bracts rotund to ovate, 2-5 by 1.5-2 mm, persistent; rachis bracts linear-deltate, to c. 9 by 2 mm, caducous. Calyx closed in bud, without an apical pore, calyptrate. Flowers with pedicels 4-8.5(-12) mm; hypanthium turbinate, not angled, glabrous; petals elliptic-ovate, 20-25 by 13-15 mm, subequal, pale red; staminal whorls 5-6, all fertile, staminal tube 2-4 by 7.5-9.5 mm, staminodes absent, filaments pink; disc annular, c. 1 by 4 mm; ovary 4-locular, 3-4 ovules per locule; style terete, 9.5-12 mm long. Fruits ellipsoid to globose, 2.7-3.6 by 2.8-3.2 cm, not ridged; epicarp black, rugose; calyx persistent; mesocarp fleshy, fibrous; endocarp crustaceous, 1-2 mm thick. Seeds single.
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