Trees. Leaves: petiole 4-5 cm long, winged with decurrent leaf bases; lamina oblanceolate or ovate, 17.5-21.5 by 5-6 cm, coriaceous, margin entire, revolute, apex acute, lower surface glabrous; primary veins 11-12 pairs. Cataphylls triangular, c. 10 by 0.3-0.5 mm. Inflorescences terminal racemes, pendulous, c. 75 cm long, flowers 60-70, dense near proximal end of inflorescence; bracteoles triangular, c. 1.5 by 0.7 mm, caducous. Calyx closed in bud, without an apical pore, tip mucronate, rupturing into 2-3 segments, minutely pulverulent. Flowers with pedicels 1.5-1.8 cm long; hypanthium funnel-shaped, slightly tetragonous, 9-10 mm long, minutely pulverulent; sepals oblong-lanceolate to orbicular, 4-7 by 4-6 mm, pubescent; petals red; staminal whorls unknown; ovary 4-locular, 4-7 ovules per locule. Fruits unknown.
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