Shrub or tree to 15 m high; twigs hispidulous to tomentulose. Leaves chartace-ous to subcoriaceous; petioles 1-5 cm long; stipules absent; blades oblong to elliptic, abruptly acuminate to obtuse at the tip, obtuse to rounded at the base, mostly 8-19 cm long, 2.5-7 cm broad, sparsely to densely pilose beneath, the margins entire. Staminate flowers with hispidulous to densely pilose pedicels ca 1-3.5 cm long; calyx 6-13.5 cm long, tomentulose without; petals 6-13, linear to oblong-elliptic, pinkish to dark red, more or less hirsute, 10-17 mm long; disc-segments numerous, up to 1.5 mm high, scattered over the pilose receptacle; stamens ca 60-150, the filaments mostly glabrous, ca 2.5-6 mm long, the anthers apiculate, 0.7-1 mm long. Pistillate flowers with tomentulose pedicels 1-3 cm long; perianth similar to the c; disc lobed, ca 2 mm high; ovary densely sericeous, the styles thick, 1.5-2 mm long, the stigmas fleshy, reddish to nearly black. Capsules 3-lobed, 3-seeded, 2-2.5 cm high, 3-4 cm in diam, sericeous; seeds globose, to 17 mm in diam.
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