Tree up to 15 m. or more tall; trunk up to 1 m. or more diam.; sts reduced to a shrub; branchlets subterete, glab. Lvs on petioles ± 5 mm. long; lamina coriac., (25)-30-50-(60) × (10)-15-20 mm., glab. Infl. of terminal cymes on peduncles up to 10 mm. long; receptacle obconic, silky, produced beyond adnate ovary. Sepals oblong-triangular to ovate, c. 3 mm. long; petals light red, suborbicular, c. 5 mm. long. Stamens light red ± 2 cm. long. Capsules urceolate, ± 8-9 mm. long, exceeded by receptacle.