Medium sized tree, to 25 m height, 80 cm girth. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, (6-)10-14(—19) by 2-6(-8.5) cm, midrib markedly impressed above and prominent below, apex (short-)acuminate, acute or obtuse, base obtuse to attenuate, margins markedly revolute; petioles 10-35 mm long, groove on adaxial surface. Flowers axillary on young growth or occasionally ramiflorous/cauliflorous, generally solitary; pedicels up to 50 mm long at anthesis. Perianth parts 9-19, pink, red or purplish, outermost perianth parts ovate, not reduced, 4-6.3-8.5 by 4-4.5-6.5 mm, largest perianth parts ovate, 5-7.4-9.5 by 3.4-5.1-7.6 mm, innermost perianth parts ovate 3.5-5.5-7.5 by 1-2.9-4.5 mm. Androecium of 9-14(-20) stamens, uniseriate; stamens 2-2.6-3.2 mm long; pollen grains trisyncolpate. Gynoecium of 8-14 carpels; carpels 2.1-3.1-5 mm long. Fruit of up to 14 follicles, n = 14, 2n = 28 [ Ratter & Milne Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 32 1973 423-428 ].
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