Tree to 13 m high. Shoots puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 4–15 mm long; lamina lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, 6–20 cm long, 2–6 cm wide; acute, sometimes obtuse at base, acuminate or acute at apex, glabrous; secondary veins 7–10 pairs. Flowers ramal and axillary, solitary or up to 4 per fascicle. Pedicel 7–11 mm long; bracts 2–3 mm long, puberulous. Sepals depressed-ovate, 2–3.5 mm long, shortly acuminate, puberulous outside. Petals pink to purple or red Outer petals broadly or depressed-ovate or suborbicular, 5.5–6 mm long, 6–7 mm wide, obtuse or rounded, pubescent outside. Inner petals 9.5–14 mm long; dome 8–10 mm diam; blade 6.5-8 mm wide; glands slightly raised, contiguous. Male flowers: stamens 0.7–1 mm long. Female flowers: carpels c. 28, pilose; ovules 2. Apocarps obovoid or subglobular, 17–23 mm long, puberulous, orange yellow. Seeds 1 or 2; testa rugose, brown.
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