Small trees, 4-13 m tall. Leaves: petioles 1-4.5 cm long, slightly pulvinate at base; lamina obovate-oblong, 12-26 by 4-9 cm, papyraceous, base cuneate, slightly confluent onto petiole, not decurrent, margin serrate-crenulate, apex acuminate, acumen 5-12 mm long, lower surface usually glabrous, rarely pubescent; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, primary veins 13-18 pairs, brochidodromous, curbing and weakly united, prominulous above, prominent beneath, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Cataphylls few, triangular or lanceolate, 1-9 by 1-1.5 mm. Inflorescences terminal or ramiflorous racemes, pendulous, 20-90 cm long, sparsely flowered with c. 30 flowers; rachis very slender, 1-2 mm diam., puberulous; bracts linear-lanceolate, 5-7 by 1.5-2 mm; bracteoles minute, 0.25-1 mm. Calyx open in bud; green or green mottled red. Buds 5-7 mm diam. Flowers with pedicels 5-20 mm long, sometimes sessile when young; hypanthium subtetragonous, 1.5-3 by 1-3 mm, ferrugineous-pubescent; sepals 4, with small lobes 0.5-2.5 by c. 5 mm; petals 4, elliptic, 1.4-2 by 0.6-0.8 cm, purple, red to pink; stamens light purple to dark red or pink, staminal whorls 4-6, the inner one staminodal, staminal tube 2-8 mm, staminodia 4-8 mm; disc distinctly undulating, grooved outside, annular, c. 0.5 mm high; ovary (3-)4-locular, 2-4 ovules per locule; style 2-3.75 cm long. Fruits oblong, spindle-shaped, tetragonous, truncate, not winged, 4.5-6.5 by 1-1.75 by 0.75-1.25 cm. Seeds spindle shaped, slightly fissured, 3-3.75 cm by 5-7 mm.
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A small tree up to 15 m tall. Trunks are 5 to 25 cm across and twigs are 2 to 5 mm thick. The tree has a dense cone shaped group of leaves at the top. The bark is cracked and irregular. The leaves are egg shaped and 12 to 26 cm long by 4 to 9 cm wide. The leaves are like paper with a wavy or toothed edge. They are dark green on top and paler underneath. A cluster of five leaves occurs on the end of a branch. The leaves are pointed at the tip and wedge shaped at the base. The midrib and main veins are prominent on both sides while the fine veins are only prominent under the leaf. The flower stalks are 20 to 90 cm long, with about 30 flowers. The flower buds are pale green sometimes with a purple tinge. The flower petals can vary from purple to red, pink or yellow. The fruit is dark green. The fruit have 4 angles and are about 5 cm long by 1 cm across. The kernel or seed is about 3 cm long by 5 mm wide.
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