Glabrous tree to 10 m high, branchlets slender. Leaves thinly subeoriaceous, obovate to elliptic, 5.0-11.5 cm long and 2.3-5.4 cm wide, abruptly acuminate, the acumen obtuse, the base broadly cuneate, finely crenulate-serrulate, the costa elevated above and beneath; petioles canaliculate, 6-9 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, fasciculate; pedicels 4-6 mm long. Flowers with 5 dentate calyx lobes. Capsules bright orange, obovoid, 9-12 mm long, 2-celled with 2 erect ovules per cell, but 1-3-seeded at maturity; aril red.
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