Up to 17 m tall. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, ovate, rarely broad-ovate or subrotundate, 5-16 by 2.5-7.5 cm; base cuneate, obtuse or rounded; apex acute to acuminate; nerves 4-7 pairs, obliquely spreading and curving upwards; veins distinct and slightly raised below, obsolete above; petiole 6-13 mm. Inflorescences axillary or also terminal, 1-3 together, frequently forming narrow raceme-like thyrses up to 10 cm long, once to thrice compound. Bracts deltoid, irregularly erose. Peduncle up to 1.5-3.5 cm, sometimes very short or obscure. Pedicels 3.5-5 mm, the articulation at the base. Male: calyx lobes suborbicular, c. ⅔ mm long, entire, short-ciliate, sometimes erose. Petals oblong or oblong-elliptic, (1-)1½-2½ mm long, obtuse or rounded, entire, usually pink-punctate. Disk fleshy, flat, obscurely lobed, the lobes transverse-oblong. Stamens 1½-2½ mm, attached slightly under the margin of the disk; filaments filiform; anthers ovoid, obtuse; sterile pistil conoid, c. 0.5 mm long. Female: calyx lobes, petals, and disk as in the males. Sterile stamens c. 2/3 mm long. Pistil flask-shaped, c. 1.25 mm long. Ovary globose; style slender, distinct; stigma discoid or slightly 3-lobed. Fruits angular-ovoid, obovoid, or sometimes subglobose; valves ovate or obovate, or broadly elliptic, 12-17 by 7-11 mm, once noted to be rich-yellow. Seeds broad-ovoid, 7-12 by 5-10 mm, blackish brown, smooth; aril bright red.
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