Shrub to 1 m high. Young parts puberulent. Rachis and petiole with broad entire wings; rachis 4.5–18.5 cm long; leaflets 6–8, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate or caudate, entire, 7.5–17 cm long, 2.5–5 cm wide, glabrous or puberulous below, finely reticulate; sessile or petiolule to 1 mm long; petiole 3.5–8.5 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, to 12 cm long; peduncles puberulent; pedicels to 5 mm long. Sepals obovate-oblong, 7–8 mm long, pubescent. Petals 15–20 mm long, glabrous. Disc puberulent. Stamens 5 or 6. Ovary tomentose; style short, thick recurved. Fruit oblong-obovoid, 1.2–1.6 cm long, finely hairy outside, slightly compressed, crimson; valves glabrous inside, sepals persistent. Seeds 2 per locule; aril cupular, yellow.
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