Tree, 10-21 m high. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, coriaceous when dried; blades obovate to narrowly so, 7-14 by 2.2-4.2 cm, ratio 2.7-4.7, base cuneate, margin entire to undulate, apex gradually acuminate to cuspidate; secondary veins 13-16 pairs. Inflorescence 1.5-3.5 cm long, axillary cymes, in whorls of 2 or 3, loose; peduncle 0.2-1 cm long. Flowers 7-10 on each inflorescence. Sepals suborbicular to orbicular, apex blunt, thin, rather transparent. Corolla white, villose inside, rather dense, forming a belt of 1.5 mm wide just below the insertion of stamens; tube 7.5-8 mm long, tube-calyx ratio 4-4.2, tube-lobes ratio 1.3-1.5. Stamens inserted at 3.5 mm below the mouth, 0.5 of the length of the corolla tube; filaments 0.5 mm long. Pistil 5 mm long; ovary ovoid, gradually narrowed at apex towards base of style; style 3.4 mm long, not split at base. Fruit composed of 2 separate mericarps; mericarps ellipsoid, base rounded, apex acuminate, acumen short, less than 0.5 cm long, straight or rather curled, with distinct lateral ridges, remotely verrucose or with fine irregular ridges when dried; endocarps split into fibres penetrating the mesocarps; fibres rather thin and slender, not forming hard thick pointed ends. Seeds 1 at either placenta.
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