Stunted shrub or tree to 12 m. Leaves elliptic to oblong, acute to rounded, coriaceous; lamina mostly 4-9 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide; base obtuse or acute; secondary veins 5-7 pairs, obscure; petiole 3-5 mm long; stipules deltoid, c. 1 mm long. Cymes once or twice branched, to 4 cm long, usually of 1-5 flowers; pedicels 4-10 mm long. Sepals ±semicircular, 1.5-2.5 mm long. Petals suborbicular, recurved, 4-4.5 mm long, red. Staminal filaments recurved, c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary with 6 ovules per locule. Capsule c. 5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide. Seeds c. 8 mm long.
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