Monocaulous treelets, to 4 m tall. Leaves in a single whorl in mature trees; petioles 1-3 cm long, winged almost to base, pulvinate; lamina oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 65-85 by 13-19 cm, widest at about ⅔ of its length, chartaceous and slightly bullate, base gradually tapering to short petiole, margin serrate-crenulate, flat, apex abruptly acuminate, acumen fine, slightly curved, 10-15 mm long; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, rounded, longitudinally ridged, primary veins 25-35 pairs, brochidodromous, arising obliquely from midrib, straight and parallel, confluent to a marginal vein, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, near margins tending to be parallel and arranged at right angles to veins. Cataphylls lanceolate, to 5 cm long. Inflorescences cauliflorous, pendulous, 22-35 cm long; rachis c. 2 mm diam., accrescent to 4 mm, sparsely puberulous. Calyx closed in bud, pulverulent on exterior, circumscissile, leaving an irregularly lobed or fringed part. Flowers borne on short bosses; pedicels 1-2 mm, puberulous, not articulate; hypanthium cone-shaped, slightly 4-lobed, c. 3 mm tall by 3 mm diam., glabrous; petals 4, oblong, 10-14 by 4-6 mm; staminal whorls 4-5, the inner one staminodal, staminal tube c. 3 mm high; disk annular, c. 3 mm diam.; ovary 3-locular, 2 ovules per locule; style equalling filaments in length. Fruits ovoid, 3-5 by c. 4 cm, dark red when mature, slightly tetragonous, not tapered, not winged, exterior rugose when dry, with short pedicel 2-3 mm long, with concave calyx area at apex.
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