Small trees, 2-15 m tall. Leaves: petiole 4-12 cm long, slightly swollen at base, not winged; lamina ovate to oblanceolate, 20-60 by 5-14 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margin serrate-crenulate, apex acute, the acumen 5-10 mm long, both surfaces yellowish green to pale green; midrib prominent on both surfaces, primary veins 14-30 pairs, brochidodromous, merging 2-4 mm from margin, prominulous above, prominent beneath, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, finely reticulate. Inflorescence a terminal spike, pendulous; rachis to 80 cm long, c. 6 mm diam. at base, c. 1.5 mm near apex, glabrous. Calyx open in bud. Flowers sessile; hypanthium c. 4 mm long, broadly conoid, glabrous; sepals 4, elliptic, 4-15 by 3-10 mm; petals 4, elliptic, 1.5-2 by 1-1.5 cm, margins fimbriate, apex obtuse, red, pink or white tinged pink; staminal whorls 5, filaments to 3 cm long; disc annular, raised, c. 2 mm; ovary 3-locular, rounded, pubescent, 4 ovules per locule; style to 4 cm long, pink. Fruits ovoid, 3-5 by 1-2 cm, turning reddish, exocarp smooth. Seeds 3-5 or rarely single, 2-4 by 1-2 cm.
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