Tree up to 30 m high and 30 cm ø. Leaves subcoriaceous, obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong, or-lanceolate, 5-16(-30) by 2½-5½(-8) cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse, acute, rarely acuminate; nerves 7-20 pairs, slightly elevated, sometimes hardly distinguishable from the fine, distinct, reticulate veins on both surfaces; petiole 1½-4 cm. Panicles up to 15½ cm long, puberulous; pedicels 2-5½ mm, not articulated. Flower-buds ellipsoid, 5½-7 by 2-3 mm, acuminate. Calyx scarlet, 5½-7 mm long, bursting irregularly, puberulous outside. Petals white, imbricate, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 9-11 by 1¾-2¼ mm, puberulous outside, papillose on the middle part inside; the central part of the basal 3½ mm longitudinally adnate to the torus. Stamens (4 or) 5, 5-8 mm; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong, c. 1 mm long. Torus cylindric, 3½ mm long. Ovary broadly ellipsoid or globose, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous; stipe obscure; style lateral, 4-5 mm. Drupe on a centric stalk (c. ¾ cm), globose, c. 3½ cm ø, brown, scurfy; without enlarged petals; embryo globose, c. 2½ cm Ø; cotyledons imperfectly fused, free on one side, free part ½-⅔ cm deep.
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