Tree to 15 m high. Leaves opposite; petiole 5–16 mm long; lamina lanceolate-elliptic, to 12 cm long, to 3 cm wide, cuneate, short-to long-acuminate, discolorous, dark green above, pale green below; secondary veins 25–30 each side of midrib, obscure above; tertiary venation reticulate, obscure above. Flowers 11–13 mm long, 14–16 mm diam.; pedicels 2–2.4 mm long. Corolla cream-yellow; tube 10–12 mm long, 2–3 mm diam.; lobes lanceolate, 7–8 mm long, 2.5–2.8 mm wide. Stamens inserted c. 2 mm from top of tube. Fruit ellipsoidal-ovoid, 6–7 cm long, 2.5–3.2 cm wide, glossy red.