Small trees, to 7 m tall, branching. Leaves clustered at branch ends; petiole 1-3 cm long, with decurrent lamina base; lamina narrowly lanceolate, 19-36 by 2.5-4.5 cm at broadest point near apex, tapering from 4/5 to 5/6 of length to much less towards base, chartaceous, base cuneate, margin slightly serrate-crenulate, apex acuminate to mucronate, acumen 5-6 mm long, lower surface glabrous; midrib prominulous on both surfaces, more so beneath, primary veins 21-26 pairs, brochidodromous, merging through network of veins 1-3 mm from margin, prominulous on both surfaces, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, more conspicuous beneath, reticulate. Cataphylls not seen. Inflorescences cauliflorous and ramiflorous, pendulous, emerging below leaves, 50-65 cm long with sparse flowers; rachis thin, 1-1.5 mm diam., glabrous; bracts not seen. Calyx closed in bud, with small, c. 1 mm long beak at apex, undivided into lobes and persistent in old flowers, red. Flowers with pedicels 3-6 mm long; hypanthium conical, slightly ridged, puberulous on exterior, c. 4 mm broad at apex by 4 mm long; petals and stamens caducous, not seen; disc an annular raised ring, c. 5 mm diam.; style red, c. 2 cm long; ovary 4-locular, with 1-2 ovules per loculus. Fruits obovoid, c. 2.3 by 1.5-2.5 cm, red, tapering towards both ends, persistent rim of calyx present.
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