Trees, to 5 m tall, twigs 2-5 mm diam. Leaves: petioles 0.3-5 cm long, not swollen at base; lamina lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 9.5-22 by 2.5-8.1 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, margin serrate, apex acuminate, acumen to 15 mm long; midrib prominulous on both surfaces, primary veins 11-18 pairs, brochidodromous, merging 1-3 mm from margin to form a fine intramarginal vein, prominulous on both surfaces, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, finely reticulate. Cataphylls lanceolate, recurved. Inflorescences terminal racemes, pendulous, 30-40 cm long; rachis 4-5 mm diam. at base, 2-3 mm at apex, glabrous; bracts triangular, 2.5-3.5 by 2-3 mm. Calyx open in bud. Buds 0.6-1 cm. Flowers with pedicels 6-11 mm long; hypanthium funnel-shaped, glabrous; sepals broadly ovate to suborbicular, 4.3-4.5 by 3.5-5 mm; petals 4, orbicular, 1.2-1.25 by 0.75-1.15 cm, adhering to staminal tube for 4-5 mm; stamens 2-2.2 cm long, staminal whorls 5, staminal tube 2-6 mm high; disc annular, c. 0.5 mm tall; ovary 4-locular, 1-3 ovules per loculus. Fruits tetragonous, obovate, 5-6.5 by 2-3 cm, tapered to both ends, not winged, exocarp glabrous, calyx persistent. Seeds unknown.
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