Evergreen trees to 30 m tall. Branchlets stout, brown tomentose, glabrescent. Petiole 2-6 cm, narrowly winged; leaf blade obovate to long obovate, 12-30 × 7-14 cm, secondary veins (9-)15-22(-40) on either side, margin serrate. Racemes terminal, 3-5-flowered; peduncle 3-5 cm, stout, both bracts and bractlets absent. Flowers 2-7, fragrant, 10-12 cm in diam., 4-5 cm in diam. in bud. Sepals oval, 2.5-4.5 × 2-3 cm, thickly fleshy, unequal, outer ones larger than inner ones. Petals yellow, yellowish white, or reddish, obovate, 5-7 cm, thin, base narrow, apex rounded. Stamens in 2 distinct groups, outer very numerous, slightly curved in bud, 1.5-2 cm, inner ca. 25, reflexed in bud; anthers dehiscing with pores. Carpels 8 or 9, ca. 1 cm; ovules many per carpel. Pseudocarps indehiscent, reddish to dull red. Seeds 1 or more per mature carpel, exarillate. Fl. Apr-May.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 30 m high. It has a velvety coating. The leaves are alternate. The are broadly oval and 15-30 cm long by 8-12 cm wide. They have teeth towards the tip. The flowers occur singly and are yellow. They are 10-13 cm across. The fruit is 4-5 cm across. They are dark red.
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