Erect, unbranched "shrub or small tree 2 ft. tall (Cooper)." Leaves obovate, broadest slightly above the middle, acute at both ends, entire, 25-35 cm long, 9-12 cm wide, coriacecas, copiously pubescent beneath with erect, soft hairs, more or less concolorous, the lateral venation nearly straight and slightly ascending, forking and anastomosing ca. 1 cm from the margin to form a more or less distinct submarginal vein; petioles slender, basally unwinged, 1-4 cm long, drying basally dark. Inflorescences short, perhaps reduced. Flowers not seen. Fruit globose, minutely apiculate, minutely muricate, drying yellowish; seeds drying dark red, ca. 2.5 cm across.
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