Tree to 20 m. Bark fibrous, flaky, light grey on trunk and larger branches, then smooth, grey to white above. Juvenile leaves suborbicular, emarginate, dull, grey-green, concolorous. Juvenile or ovate intermediate leaves often persist on mature trees. Adult leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 6–10 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, glaucous or green; lateral veins clearly visible, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 4 mm from margin; petiole terete, 20–25 mm long. Conflorescence terminal, paniculate; peduncle terete, 5–10 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Buds clavate or fusiform, glaucous; operculum conical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, usually narrower than hypanthium; hypanthium ovoid to obconical, 3–4 mm long, c. 3 mm wide. Fruits obconical, 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide; disc broad.
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