Trees; stems solitary, 2-4 m tall. Leaves 30^4-0, arcuate-erect to slightly reflexed, 300-650 x 65-130 mm, shallowly channelled, greyÂish green to yellowish green, sometimes tinged reddish, usually unspotted, rarely with white spots, without prickles. Inflorescence of coniÂcal, sublax racemes; many-branched, 1.0-1.5 m tall; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 9-18 x 4-8 mm, 5-many-nerved. Flowers red or pink, rarely yellow, 23-34 mm long, cylindric-trigo-nous; outer segments connate in lower half, inner segments free but adnate to outer in lower half; pedicels 6-12 mm long. Anthers exserted 1-5 mm. Ovary 5.0-8.0 x 2.5-4.0 mm, olive-green; style exserted 2-10 mm. Fruit 18-28 x 10-15 mm, grey. Seeds ± 9.0 x 4.0 x 1.5 mm, charcoal-grey, with broad, pale grey, dark-spotÂted wing. Flowering time July to February, varying according to locality.
