Tree 30 m tall, twigs drying yellowish. Leaves clustered near the ends of twigs, elliptical, apically short-acuminate, basally obtuse, the margins sharp, sometimes slightly revolute, ca. 15 cm long, 7-8 cm wide, the costa mostly im-mersed above, broad and sulcate proximally, prominently elevated and somewhat sulcate beneath, the lateral veins numerous, parallel, equally spaced, in two se-ries, the primary series ca. 3 per cm, mostly unbranched in the first half, anas-tomosing and forming a reticulum in the region near the margin not forming a distal submarginal vein, obscure but slightly elevated and reticulated above, be-neath more conspicuous, the lateral veins and those near the margin slightly ele-vated, the minor reticulum plane, evanescent towards the costa, the areoles punc-tate, petiole 10-15 mm long, thick, drying yellowish, deeply canaliculate above. Inflorescence and flowers not seen, the fruits borne in pairs 7-8 cm apart along the branch (8-10 mm diam.). Fruits globose with a small apiculum, 4-7 mm across, warty, the pedicel becoming 7-10 mm long, 6-8 mm thick; the rind thick, the pulp scant (?) orange, 4-locular; seeds one in each locule, ca. 5 cm long, arcuate.
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