Glabrous trees 3-18 m tall. Leaves with petiole 6-15 mm long; lamina oblanceolate to spathulate or oblong, 8-33 cm long, 1.5-6.5 cm wide; tip usually acuminate, occasionally acute or obtuse; primary to quaternary veins clearly raised on both surfaces. Conflorescence pendulous, 6-21 cm long; flower pair bracts triangular, 1.1-1.5 mm long; peduncle 2.5-5.5 mm long. Floral bracts triangular, 0.5-1 mm long, inserted 0-1.5 mm above pedicel base. Pedicels 2-3 mm long. Tepals 22.5-29.5 mm long, dusky pink to red outside, cream inside, revolute through 1.5-2.5 turns. Gynoecium 22-28.5 mm long, cream. Fruit pinkish red; inner mesocarp 2.3-3.1 cm diam., 1.2-1.8 mm thick.