Tree to 20 m high. Shoots pubescent; branchlets glabrous. Leaves: petiole 5–10 mm long; lamina elliptic or narrowly ovate, 4.5–22 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, acute or shortly decurrent at base, acuminate, acute or obtuse at apex, glabrous; secondary veins 8–12 pairs. Inflorescence axis mostly ramal, bearing 1–4 flowers. Pedicel 2.5–5.5 cm long, glabrous; bract broadly ovate, 1.7–2.5 mm long. Calyx pan-shaped, 3-lobed, glabrous except for tips of lobes; lobes reflexed, 2–2.5 mm long, acute or sometimes obtuse. Outer and inner petals similar, flat or margins recurved near base, 35–47 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, glabrous. Stamens 32–45, 1–1.2 mm long. Carpels 21–24; ovary 1.8–2 mm long, glabrous; style and stigma 1–1.5 mm long; stigma pubescent. Apocarps subglobular, 3–4 cm long, 3 cm wide, red; stipe c. 0.5 cm long (to 1 cm in dried material). Seed testa slightly striate.
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