Small trees, 1-13 m tall. Leaves: petioles 2-9 cm long; lamina oblong or obovate-oblong, 7-13 by 2.5-5.5 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate, decurrent onto petioles, margin wavy to weakly serrate-crenulate, apex acute to cuspidate, acumen 10-18 mm long, lower surface glabrous; midrib prominulous on both surfaces, primary veins 10-15 pairs, brochidodromous, prominulous on both surfaces, intercostal veins weakly prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Inflorescences terminal or ramiflorous racemes, pendulous, erect, 4.5-7 cm long, densely flowered; rachis 5-8 mm diam. at base, 1-3 mm at apex, glabrous; bracts triangular, c. 1 by 1 mm. Calyx open in bud. Buds 0.5-1 cm. Flowers with pedicels 5-15 mm long, not articulate; hypanthium tetragonous, obpyramidal, glabrous; sepals semi-orbicular, 3-7 by 4-10 mm; petals white or pink; staminal whorls 4 or 7-8, the inner one staminodal, staminal tube 2-3 mm high, staminodia 2-10 mm; disc 0.75-1 mm high; ovary 4-locular, 2-10 ovules per locule; style 2-5.5 cm long. Fruits ovoid, tetragonous, not winged, apex truncate, tapering at base, 3.5-4.5 by 2-3 by 2-2.5 cm. Seeds ovoid, 3 by 1.5 by 1.5 cm.
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