Large canopy trees. Leaves: petiole to 2 cm long, not swollen at base; lamina ovate-lanceolate, 13-24 by 4-8 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate, slightly confluent onto petiole, margin entire, flat, apex acuminate, acumen 0-6 mm long, surfaces glabrous; midrib flattened prominulous above, prominent beneath, primary veins 9-15 pairs, brochidodromous, merging through network of veins 2-5 mm from margin, slightly prominulous above, prominulous beneath, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Cataphylls absent. Inflorescences short and with 2-10 flowers, axillary or on stem just below leaf cluster, pendulous; the rachis 3-7 cm long, 2-2.5 mm diam., glabrous. Calyx closed in bud, apex rounded, without pore. Flowers with pedicels 0.8-2 cm long, glabrous, pink; hypanthium campanulate, tetragonous, glabrous; sepals rounded-ovate, c. 5 by 6 mm; petals 4, oblanceolate, 1.5-2 cm long, acute; staminal whorls 5-6, the inner one staminodal, staminal tube 0.5-1 mm high, stamens 3-3.5 cm long, pink; disc annular 2 mm high; ovary 4-locular, 3 ovules per locule; style to 3 cm long. Fruits and seeds unknown.
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