Tree, sometimes shrubby, to 10 m, commonly to 7 m, deciduous. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves alternate or sometimes opposite, ovate, retuse, apiculate or obtuse; lamina 5–8 cm long, 2.5–3.5 cm wide, green; lateral veins visible, at 50°–60°; intramarginal vein 1–2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 12–25 mm long. Peduncle terete, 5–10 mm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Buds subpyriform; operculum hemispherical or conical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm long and wide. Fruits campanulate, 2–3 mm long and wide; disc narrow, descending; valves included, rarely visible.