Tree to 8 m high. Shoots pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 4–10 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate, 10–30 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, obtuse or rounded, rarely acute at base, acuminate at apex, glabrous; secondary veins 7–10 pairs. Flowers numerous in cauline or ramal fascicles, sometimes 1-few in axils; pedicel 15–32 mm long; bracts 1.2–2 mm long, puberulous. Sepals broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2–3 mm long, obtuse or acuminate. Outer petals broadly obovate to suborbicular, 9–9.5 mm long, 7.5–8 mm wide, obtuse or rounded, puberulous outside, white. Inner petals 8.5–12 mm long; dome 9–12 mm diam.; blade 7–12 mm wide, puberulous outside, crimson, fading towards base; glands prominently raised. Male flowers: stamens 0.6–1.1 mm long. Female flowers: carpels c. 38, pilose; ovules 2 or 3. Apocarps obovoid, ellipsoidal or ovoid, 15–20 mm long, puberulous, orange-yellow. Seeds 1 or 2; testa rugose, brown.
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