A tree. Branches terete, leafless at the base, unarmed; internodes about 7 lin. long. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, quite entire, 6–10 in. long, glabrous, acute, the upper with petioles 1 1/2 in. long; stipules short; lateral nerves 12–13 each side, midrib and nerves prominent beneath. Panicles terminal, cymose, dichotomous, about 7 in. long; branches compressed, densely scaly; pedicels about 3 lin. long, compressed, scaly. Sepals suborbicular, about 4 lin. long, glabrous, blackish, the inner rather longer than the outer. Corolla unknown. Fruit subglobose, 16 lin. long, 14 lin. in diam., crowned by the style base, enclosed at the base in the persistent sepals, dark brown, somewhat shining; stalk about 1 in. long, 2 lin. thick.
