Tree, up to c. 25 m high by 35 cm ø. Leaves shortly petioled, elliptic to slightly obovate, 4-11 by 2.5-7 cm, somewhat convex, very thickly and stiffly coriaceous (fleshy when fresh), the base slightly cordate to rounded, rarely broadly cuneate, apex rounded to blunt; nerves c. 5 pairs, nearly invisible, sometimes slightly sunken above; petiole 0.5-1 cm, thick, exauriculate; axillary scale adnate to the petiole, distinctly broader than this and convex, 4-7 mm long, widened towards the 2-lobed apex. Inflorescences cymose, rather dense, with 3-10 flowers; pedicels 0.5 cm long, thick, tapering towards the calyx, either without or with a pair of bracteoles appressed to the calyx. Calyx ellipsoid-campanulate, 1.25-1.5 cm long, divided about halfway up. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 2.5 cm long. Stamens inserted on a thickened ring in the inside of the corolla; anthers attached just above the base, lanceolate, c. 1 mm. Stigma bilobed, 3-4 mm ø. Fruits ellipsoid, acute, 3½ by 1.5 cm, orange; calyx appressed.
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