Small tree, to 15 m height, 30 cm girth. Leaves papyraceous, becoming contorted after drying along secondary (and occasionally tertiary) veins, elliptic to obovate, (6.5-) 8—13(—19) by (2-)2.5-6 cm, midrib ± impressed above and ± prominent below, apex (long-)acuminate, base attenuate, margins ± revolute or not revolute; petioles 6-18 mm long, grooved on adaxial surface. Flowers axillary on young growth or ramiflorous/ cauliflorous, generally solitary or few clustered; pedicels 10-50 mm long at anthesis. Perianth parts 10-18, white to red, outermost perianth parts broadly ovate, reduced, 0.9-1.9-3.3 by 1-2-3.4 mm, largest perianth parts broadly ovate, 2.4-5.6-8.9 by 1.6-5.2-8.3 mm, innermost perianth parts ovate, 2.1-4.4-6.3 by 1.2-2.6-6.4 mm. Androecium of (8-)12-16(-20) stamens, uniseriate; stamens 1.7-2.7-3.8 mm long; pollen grains trisyncolpate. Gynoecium of (6—)8(—13) carpels; carpels 2.6-3.5-5.5 mm long. Fruit of up to 13 follicles. Fig. 1.
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