Trees or shrubs, to 8 m, the stems ? glabrous. Leaves oblong-obovate, acute-acuminate, obtuse to attenuate basally, to 30 cm long and 8 cm wide, glabrous on both surfaces to minutely puberulent beneath, coriaceous, the secondary veins anastomozing to form a marginal vein; subsessile to petioles ca. 1 cm long, bear-ing several glands in the axil. Inflorescences cymose, irregular, mostly terminal, the peduncle indistinct, the bracts not apparent. Flowers with the pedicels to 3 cm long at maturity; bracteoles broadly ovate, ca. 2-4 mm long, caducous; calyx-lobes ovate, 5-7 mm long, somewhat reflexed, bearing numerous thin squamellae within; corolla ? salverform, cream-colored, the tube ca. 2 5-3 5 mm long, pubescent within, closed by 5 pubescent appendages attached above and opposite the stamens, the lobes obovate-dolabriform, ca. 15-20 mm long; stamens in-cluded, attached at the top of the corolla tube, the anthers ca. 2 mm long, elon-gate apically; ovary apocarpous, surrounded by an annular nectary, the stigma umbraculiform with a bifid apex. "Drupes" obreniform-obpyriform, red, 3.5-4 cm wide; seeds 2-4, naked, large.
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Shrubs to 3 m tall. Wood with an offensive smell. Leaf blade narrowly obovate, glabrous adaxially, pubescent abaxially, apex obtuse. Sepals ovate, reflexed, glabrous, apex acute. Corolla tube dilated distally, longer than lobes, closed at mouth, marked with 5 deep grooves; lobes oval, oblique or overlapping, with undulate margin; corona scales absent. Stamens inserted at apex of corolla tube, included. Style filiform; pistil head turbinate, apex 2-cleft. Fl. almost throughout the year.
A bush or small tree. It grows 1-3 m tall. It has a short stem. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are narrow and long and 8-20 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. They are broadly oval and taper to the tip. They bunch towards the tip of the branches. All parts have lots of latex. There are many flowers in a group. They are yellow. The fruit are 3-5 cm across. They are red.
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