Small trees up to 7 m. Twigs sparsely hairy when young. Leaves elliptic, 6-10 by 4-5 cm, base acute, apex shortly acuminate, coriaceous, with 6-8 pairs of nerves, venation inconspicuous» sparsely hairy when young, glabrescent, basal glands 0-2, flat or slightly hollowed but not bulging above. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long. Stipules elliptic, c. 8 by 3-4 mm, free, keeled inside, sparsely hairy outside. Racemes solitary, in axils of extant or fallen leaves, 2-5 cm long (in fruiting stage), rachis stout, hairy, fruit pedicels up to 3 mm long. Flowers only known from some old fragments. Hypanthium c. 3 mm high, densely hairy outside. Perianth segments subequal, c. 9(?), c. 2 mm long. Stamens c. 45, filaments up to 3.5 mm, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary hairy, probably densely so. Fruits subglobular, 15-20 by (? 12-) 17-19 mm, exocarp with few hairs, red, endocarp sparsely hairy inside. Seed with glabrous testa.
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