Large trees. Leaves: petiole 2-3.5 cm long, slightly winged by decurrent lamina; lamina oblong-ovate, 14-23 by 8-11 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, decurrent, margins entire, apex acute to bluntly acuminate-apiculate, the acumen 0-5 mm long, both surfaces glabrous; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, primary veins 9-11 pairs, prominulous above, prominent beneath, intercostal veins weakly prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Cataphylls absent. Inflorescences pendulous, borne on trunk well below leaf cluster, the rachis sparsely grey-puberulous, c. 2 mm diam. to 4 mm towards base, 11-22 cm long; calyx closed in bud, buds pinkish. Flowers sessile, borne on raised knobs; hypanthium campanulate, c. 3 mm tall, c. 4.5 mm diam., sparsely grey-pubescent glabrescent; sepals circumscissile, sparsely puberulous on exterior, dark red; petals 4, pink, c. 2.5 cm long; staminal whorls 3, inner one staminodal, stamens yellow, 2-2.5 cm long, staminal tube c. 5 mm tall and to 1 cm on inner staminal whorl; disc annular, c. 2 mm tall; style c. 2 cm long; ovary 4-locular, 3 ovules per locule. Fruits not seen.
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