Trees. Leaves: petioles 1-6 mm long, slightly winged; lamina oblanceolate or obovate, 15-27.5 by 3.5-6.5 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, slightly confluent onto petioles, margin entire, undulate, apex acute or acuminate, lower surface glabrous; midrib prominulous on both surfaces, primary veins 9-11 pairs, brochidodromous, prominulous on both surfaces. Cataphylls triangular or linear, variable in size, 8-20 by c. 0.3 mm. Inflorescences terminal racemes, pubescent, pendulous, 70-85 cm long, 40-50-flowered; bracteoles 0.5-0.7 by 0.3-2 mm, caducous. Calyx closed in bud, without an apical pore, pubescent. Flowers with pedicels 1.7-2.1 cm long; hypanthium funnel-shaped, 3-angled, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent, 2-2.5 mm long; sepals c. 3.5 mm long, puberulous; petals 3, red; ovary 3-locular, 3-4 ovules per locule. Fruits unknown.
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