A middle-sized tree, quite glabrous; branches stout. Leaves obovate to oblong, shortly apiculate, acute to subcuneate at the base, 6–10 in. long, 3–4 1/2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, dull green when dry; secondary nerves 7–9 on each side, oblique, straight or slightly curved; petiole 4–8 lin. long. Inflorescences few-flowered, rather contracted; peduncle stout, 2–2 1/2 in. long; bracts caducous; pedicels 3–5 lin. long. Calyx 1 1/2 lin. long; sepals broad-ovate to suborbicular, ciliolate, with numerous small basal glands within. Corolla white; tube 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long, twisted below, widest 4–5 lin. above the base, then slender, cylindric, glabrous within except for 5 tomentose lines below the anthers. Stamens inserted about 4 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers sagittate, 5 lin. long, acuminate-subulate. Carpels oblong-lanceolate; style 3–3 1/2 lin. long; stigma cylindric, grooved, with a thin basal ring. Berries globose, up to almost 4 in. in diam., orange-coloured, smooth; rind up to 1 in. thick. Seeds very numerous, about 5 lin. long.
