Tree to 12 m tall. Bark grey, rough. Leaves: petiole 11-35 mm long; blade elliptic, obovate or oblong, 6.1-21.5 by 2.1-7.5 cm, 2-4.5 times as long as wide, apex abruptly caudate with a blunt tip, base cuneate to decurrent onto petiole, secondary veins very faint or obscure, numerous, closely parallel, almost indistinguishable from parallel tertiary venation, straight intramarginal vein c. 1 mm from margin, glabrous above and beneath. Inflorescence with a peduncle and two short branches, to 27 cm long. Sepals ovate, 1-1.3 by 1.1-1.8 mm, apex rounded to obtuse, glabrous, ciliate. Corolla white; tube 15-16 mm long; lobes c. 10 mm long. Stamens inserted around the middle of corolla tube. Pistil of 4 carpels of which 2-4 reach maturity; ovaries glabrous. Fruit with 2-4 parts, sometimes other carpels not developing but still joined in the basket structure, fruit stalks 8.2-18 cm long, fruits 3.8-6 cm by 5-8 mm, cylindrical and tapering at stalk end.
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