Sprawling interlocked tree, up to 8 m. Leaves elliptic or broadly elliptic, rarely ovate, 10-15 by 5-9 cm; base cuneate or acute; apex mucronate, sometimes apicu-late; petiole 2-3½ cm. Stipules 4-5½ cm long. Inflorescences 2(-4)-flowered, usually in the leaf axils, sometimes in the axils of leaf-scars; peduncle 1-1¾ cm. Flowers sessile or subsessile; mature buds ellipsoid or ovoid, 12-15 mm long; bracteoles at the base of the flower completely connate, short-cupular, irregularly lacerate or dentate on the margin. Calyx lobes ovate, 10-15 by 5-7 mm, acute. Petals lanceolate, 10-13 by c. 3½ mm, membranous, sometimes slightly thicker and with involute margins; loosely hairy usually on the margins, sometimes also on the inner surface. Stamens (8-)12-16(-22), sometimes some of them very small, staminode-like or even filamentous, 7-10 mm long, subsessile. Superior part of ovary obscure; style 2-3 mm, 2-lobed at the apex. Fruits conical, 2 by 1½ cm, with exserted hypocotyl (cf. SALVOZA Nat. Appl. Sc. Bull. Un. Philip. 5 1936 229 ).
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