Shrub 1 m tall. Leaves 2-4-jugate, subsessile, (petiole and) rachis 4-16.5 cm long. Leaflets chartaceous, narrowly elliptic, or lanceolate, 13-22 by 4.5-8 cm, apex acuminate; base cuneate to attenuate, rarely obtuse, symmetric; glabrous; midrib elevated above, prominent beneath; nerves 9-11 per side; petiolules 2-4 mm. Inflorescences 7-9 cm wide, bracts and bracteoles ovate or triangular, 2-3 mm long, glabrous except the margin minutely fimbriate, persistent, the bracteoles spreading or sometimes erecto-patent and more or less clasping the pedicel; pedicels 10-17 mm, the length between bracteoles and flower 4-6 mm. Flowers yellowish red to dark red, articulated at the base, glabrous except minutely fimbriate on the margin of the calyx lobes. Hypanthium 55-70 mm long, 4-5 mm wide at the throat. Calyx lobes broadly elliptic or ovate, 10-13 by 5-9 mm. Stamens 4, rarely 5; staminodes absent; filaments 21-25 mm, dilated and united at the base; anthers not seen. Pistil (sterile) (observed in some flowers) sessile (stipe completely united with hypanthium), glabrous; ovary (vestigial) c. 3 mm long, with 9-11 rudimentary ovules; style coiled, 2-3 mm; stigma minute, round. Pods not seen.
Home