Tree to 13 m high. Branchlets rusty-villous or tomentose. Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, subcoriaceous, glabrescent; lamina mostly 12–30 cm long and 3–7 cm wide; base narrowly cuneate, decurrent; secondary veins mostly 12–16 pairs; tertiary veins scalariform; petiole laterally ridged, 2–2.5 cm long. Panicles to 17 cm long, tomentose or villous. Pedicels articulate just below base of calyx, there subtended by an ovate bract c. 1 mm long and 2 bracteoles 0.5 mm long. Calyx lobes ± rounded, 0.7–1 mm long, glabrous. Petals oblong-ovate, 2–2.5 mm long. Anthers 1–1.2 mm long; filaments 1.4–1.7 mm long. Carpels 1.5–1.8 mm long. Drupe not seen.