Tree to 10 m tall; trunk to 20 cm dbh; bark pale grey or pale brown. Leaves: petiole 3-5 mm long; blade papery to coriaceous, elliptic, less often ovate or obovate, 11-18 by 5.5-9.6 cm, 1.5-2.2 times as long as wide, apex acuminate or acute, base rounded or cuneate, glabrous above, sparsely puberulent beneath, 7-12 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation obscure; domatia present. Inflorescence mostly of solitary flowers, 9.5-10 cm long; peduncle 2-5 mm long; pedicels 20-30 mm long; glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Sepals 2-4 by 2-4 mm, apex acute or acuminate, pubescent, colleters inside. Corolla white; tube 18-23 mm long, lower part 6-6.5 mm long, upper part 12-17 mm long; lobes narrowly elliptic, (33-)40-48.5 by 9-13 mm, 3.5-5 times as long as wide, outside puberulent or glabrous on lobes, inside pubescent up to base of lobes or all over. Stamens not exserted from corolla tube, inserted at (6-)7.5-8 mm from corolla base; anthers 6.5 by 1.5-2 mm. Disk ring-to cup-shaped, c. 2 mm high. Ovaries 3-3.5 mm high; style 5.5-9.5 mm long; style head 1-2 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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