Tree, 7.5-9 m by 2-20 cm, or climber. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong to lanceolate, 8-16 by 3.5-7 cm, stiffly coriaceous, base acute, apex blunt, abruptly terminated by a short, narrow, and acute point; nerves c. 15-20 pairs, inconspicuous above, invisible beneath; petiole 2.5-4 cm, terete or slightly flattened above, exauriculate, axillary scale partly adnate to the petiole, 4-5 mm, rounded. Bracteoles 2 and 3 cm resp. Flowers solitary, known only in bud, pedicel relatively slender, 0.5-1.5 cm, at the apex with 2 pairs of bracteoles, all broadly rounded and embracing the basal part of the calyx, the upper 2.5 cm, the lower 1.5 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 3-3.5 cm high, in fruit up to 4 cm, deeply divided, lobes broadly rounded. Anthers broadly oblong, 6 mm long, slightly bifid at the base only. Stigma dish-shaped, 2.5 mm ø (or more ?). Fruits ovoid, 4.5 by 3 cm; calyx appressed.
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