Glabrous tree, to 10 m tall; branches lenticellate, terete. Stipules minute, caducous; petioles canaliculate, ca 1 cm long; blades +/- elliptic, acuminate, acute and inequilateral at base, 5-12 cm long, 2-3.5 cm wide, pellucid-punctate and glabrous, crenulate. Flowers white to greenish-white, in axillary dichasia to ca 8 cm long, usually only a few open at a time; bracts minute; pedicels puberulent, 9-13 mm long, articulated near base; sepals 4, caducous, +/- elliptic or boat-shaped, rounded at apex, to 9 mm long; corolla and staminodia lacking; stamens many, to 8 mm long; filaments often puberulent; ovary ovoid; style short; stigma simple. Capsules +/- globose, to 4 cm diam, with dense, short, brown, tomentulose pubescence; exocarp thick; valves 3, thick, red inside when dehisced; seeds irregular, rounded, to 6 mm long, embedded in an orange mesocarp. Croat 13977.