Tree, to 10 m tall; young stems and petioles densely strigose. Petioles 1-2 cm long, stout; blades elliptic to obovate, short-acuminate, obtuse at base, 11-22 cm long, 6-10 cm wide, ciliate, pliveined, the upper surface scabrous especially on veins, the lower surface strigose especially on veins, the trichomes densely matted, stout, acropetal, densely branched near base, the veins 3-5. Flowers 5-parted, few, short-pedicellate, in small axillary clusters on usually leafless stems; hypanthium and calyx together 1.2-1.5 cm long at anthesis, densely and coarsely strigose; calyx prolonged, the lobes acute, the exterior teeth minute or concealed; petals obovate, clawed, white or pinkish, with a conspicuous medial vein, pubescent near apex and outside along vein, to 1.2 cm long, the margins thin, often minutely lacerate; stamens and style erect at one side, the style then curving to one side, the stamens to the other; stamens 10, purple, ca 1.5 cm long; anthers ca 8 mm long, subulate, slightly S-shaped, +/- equaling length of filaments, with a terminal pore, the connective lobed at base; ovary inferior; style enlarged at apex. Berries remaining enclosed in the green hypanthium, +/- globose, to 1 cm diam, turning purple; seeds minute, numerous. Croat 6592. Rare, collected recently only along the shore of Gross Peninsula. Apparently flowers throughout the rainy season, rarely in the late dry season. Fruit maturity time undetermined.