Trees; stems simple, 2-4 m tall. Leaves ± 30, 500-900 x 60-150 mm, channelled, olive-green, tinged reddish, lower surface usually with few scattered prickles. Inflorescence with ± 6-12 racemes, 0.8-1.0 m tall; racemes erect to suboblique, cylindric-conical, very dense; bracts deltoid-acute, 4-6 x 3-6 mm, 3-5-nerved. Flowers scarlet to reddish orange, 25-35 mm long, cylindric-ventricose; outer segments connate in basal quarter, inner seg­ments free; pedicels 1-5 mm long. Anthers exserted 7-15 mm. Ovary ±6x2 mm; style exserted 10-15 mm. Fruit 17-20 x 11-12 mm, blue-grey. Flowering time July to September.