Tree about 6 m. high; branchlets densely covered with fulvous patent hairs 1.5-2.0 mm. long. Leaves on petioles 2-4 mm. long, membranaceous, sparsely hairy on the upper side, glabrescent, fulvous-hirsute beneath, oblong or obovate-oblong, abruptly acuminate, rotundate or subcordate at the base, 8-18 cm. long and 2.5-6.5 cm. broad. Pedicels hirsute, up to 5 mm. long, bracteate; bract superior, lanceolate, long-acuminate, about 1 cm. long. Sepals ovate, abruptly long-acuminate, 15 mm. long, 5 mm. broad at the base, hirsute on the outside. Petals about 7 cm. long, fleshy, reddish, pilose, 4-5 mm. broad at the base, 0.6 mm. at the apex.