Small trees, to 5 m tall. Leaves: petioles 3-5 cm long, slightly winged; lamina elliptic, 12-20 by 8-10 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate, margin serrate-crenulate, apex acuminate at apex, lower surface glabrous; primary veins 12-14 pairs, brochidodromous. Inflorescences an axillary spike, pendulous; the rachis to 25 cm long, c. 1 mm diam., glabrous. Calyx open in bud. Flowers sessile; hypanthium c. 3 mm long, tetragonous, pubescent; sepals 4, elliptic, 4-5 by 2-3 mm, margin fimbriate, apex obtuse; petals 4, elliptic, 5-10 by 5-6 mm, margin fimbriate, apex obtuse, pink; staminal whorls 3, filaments to 3 cm long; disc ring thin; ovary 4-locular; style to 4 cm long, pink. Fruits ovoid to slightly rounded, 2-3 by 3-5 cm, turning yellowish red on maturity. Seeds 5, 1.1-2.5 by 0.6-1 cm.
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