Small tree 5–20 m high. Leaves: petiole 3–10 mm long; lamina ± elliptic to ovate, (4–) 5–8 (–12) cm long, 2–4 (–6) cm wide, shortly attenuate at base, deeply and coarsely toothed in upper two-thirds, acuminate at apex, glabrous; midrib flattened above, raised and prominent beneath; veins flattened and barely visible above, raised and clearly visible beneath. Inflorescence congestedly thyrsiform. Tepals pale greenish white to white. Hypanthium (4–) 5–7 (–8) long. Achenes c. 2 mm long, shortly-plumose; style 2.5–3 mm long.