Small trees, to 10 m tall. Leaves: petioles 1-2 cm long, slightly winged near lamina, not swollen at base; lamina obovate, 6-13 by 4-10 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate, margin entire, undulate or slightly serrate near apex, apex acuminate, both surfaces yellowish green; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, primary veins 7-8 pairs, brochidodromous, merging through network of veins 2-3 mm from margin, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Inflorescence an axillary spike, pendulous; rachis 2-3 cm long, glabrous. Calyx open in bud. Flowers sessile; hypanthium c. 8 mm long, trigonous, pubescent; sepals 4, elliptic, 5-6 by 4-5 mm, margins fimbriate, apex obtuse; petals 3-4, oblong, c. 2.8 by 1.4 cm, red, margins fimbriate, apex obtuse; staminal whorls 7-8, filaments to 5 cm long; disc thin, raised 1 mm; ovary 4-locular; style to 5 cm long, pink. Fruits oblong, c. 16 by 7 cm, thinly woody. Seeds 2-4, c. 4 by 3 cm.
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