Small trees, to 6 m tall. Leaves subsessile, petiole 4-5 mm long; lamina elliptic, 26-28.5 by 7-7.5 cm, chartaceous, base rounded to slightly cordate, margin slightly serrate-crenulate, apex acuminate, the acumen 20-25 mm long, curved, glabrous beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces, more so beneath; primary veins 22-23 pairs, brochidodromous, merging by network of veins, prominulous on both surfaces, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, reticulate. Cataphylls triangular, 10-12 by 3-5 mm. Inflorescence terminal spikes, pendulous, c. 25 cm long, densely flowered with c. 50 flowers; bracteoles triangular, 0.4-1 by c. 0.2 mm, caducous. Calyx open in bud. Flowers sessile; hypanthium funnel-shaped, tetragonous, 4-grooved at corners, sparsely pulverulent; sepals 4, orbicular, sparsely pulverulent; petals 4, orbicular; staminal tube in bud c. 0.25 mm long; ovary 2-locular, 3-6 ovules per locule. Fruits and seeds unknown.
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