Small trees, to 8 m tall. Leaves: petiole 10-12 cm long; lamina linear-lanceolate, 10-14 by 2-3 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margin serrate-crenulate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous; primary veins 11-12 pairs, brochidodromous. Inflorescences terminal spikes, pendulous, the rachis to 80 cm long, glabrous. Calyx open in bud. Flowers sessile; hypanthium to 5 mm long, tetragonous, glabrous; sepals 4, ovate, 5-6 by 4-5 mm, margins fimbriate, apex obtuse; petals 4, ovate, 5-6 by 4-5 mm, margin fimbriate, apex obtuse, reddish green; staminal whorls 5, filaments to 1.5 cm long; disc raised to 0.5 mm high; ovary 4-locular; style to 2 cm long, pink. Fruits ovoid, 3-5 by 2-4 cm. Seeds 5, c. 3 by 1 cm.
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