Trees to 6 m tall, much branched, the twiglets terete, glabrous to pubescent, the nodes moderately well spaced, the lenticels minute, often inconspicuous. Leaves often crowded toward the apex of the twiglets, elliptic oblong, oblong rotund or occasionally pyriform, 12-20 cm long, 6-13 cm wide, deltoid to obtuse at the apex, acuminate, the acumen short, the apex of the blade often eroded, basally obtuse to widely cuneate, occasionally acute at the base, the costa prom-inent beneath, the lateral veins ca. 12, prominent, rigid, often light in color and contrasting with the rest of the blade, at first angular ascending then arcuate toward the margin, the ultimate veinlets vaguely lineolate, stiffly chartaceous, often brittle when dry, concolorous, glabrous or pubescent on the costa and the veins above, beneath with the hairs short, white, strigose, the vein axils often shortly barbate; petioles to 4 cm long, 0.10-0.25 cm wide, stiff, often curved, glabrous to pubescent; stipules deciduous, not seen. Inflorescences axillary, the peduncles to 1.5 cm long, to 1.5 mm wide, stiff, the pubescence minute, green, velutinous. Flowers not seen. Fruits sessile, compressed rotund, ca. 2 cm wide, the pubescence minute, velutinous, yellow green or green when dry, delicately ribbed, the ribs disposed as faint and scarcely elevated lines, fruit wall thin; seeds 5-7, in a hard, white, pinkish or molasses-colored pulp.
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A tree. It grows 14-20 m tall. The trunk is 10 cm across. The trunks have ribs and there are small buttresses. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are 12-20 cm long by 6-13 cm wide. The flowering clusters are 1-5 cm long. The flowers are white or yellow. The fruit are 2 cm across. They are pale pink. They turn red when mature.
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