Small tree (c. 3 m). Leaves sessile, broadly obovate to obovate-oblong, 17-35 by 5-17 cm, coriaceous, base subcordate by a broadly rounded, probably flat wing (apparently not auriculate), connate when young, apex rounded, shortly acute-acuminate; nerves 5-12 pairs, conspicuous though flat above, prominent beneath; axillary scale fully adnate to the midrib, 1.5-1.75 by c. 1-1½ cm, quadrangular; the reduced leaves at the base of the inflorescence are connate and much broadened at the base, ± perfoliate. Inflorescences sessile and glomerulous, c. 15-flowered; bracts and (one pair of) bracteoles relatively large (1½ and 1 cm long resp.), enclasping the calyx. Calyx c. campanulate, 2 cm long, fairly slender, sepals free for c. ¾ of their length. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, c. 3.25 cm long. Anthers elliptic, c. 6.5 mm long, thecae free in their basal third. Stigma obconical-peltate, 3 mm ø. Fruit unknown.
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