Tree up to at least 12 m tall. Leaf-blades elliptic to obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, (5–)15–36(–42) x (2–)6–14(–16) cm, acuminate at the apex, glabrous; petiole 2.5–15 mm long. Flowers many, in long hanging racemes. Calyx splitting into (2–)3–4(–5) lobes, 7.5–15 mm long. Petals white, often tinged pink outside, 12–30 x 5–15 mm. Filaments white or pinkish, 22–37(–50) mm long. Ovary ± globular; style (2–)3–6.2 cm long. Fruit 3–7(–9) x 2–4(–5.5) cm, sometimes angular. Seed 2–4 x 1–2.5 cm.
Range
S3 eastern coast of Africa, Comoro Is., Madagascar and eastwards to the Pacific.
