Shrubs or trees. Leaves obovate, cuneate toward the base, obtuse or subtrun-cate and very shortly apiculate at the apex, 12-14 cm. long and 6-8 cm. wide, glabrous, the midrib impressed above and prominent beneath, the lateral nerves straight, in about 8-11 pairs, arcuate-anastomosing at some distance from the margin but for the greater part straight, ascending, nearly obsolete above, prom-inent beneath; petiole robust, about 7 mm. long. Inflorescence (imperfectly known) apparently cymose, 3-flowered; peduncle robust, about 2 cm. long. Flowers not known. Berry large, obovoid, 1-seeded, about 2.5 cm. long and 1 cm. broad, crowned by the persistent 4-merous calyx. Embryo homogeneous.
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