Tree to 22 m. Bark rough, fibrous, flaky, tessellated throughout, grey to grey-brown. Juvenile leaves opposite to subopposite, sessile to shortly petiolate, orbicular to broadly ovate, amplexicaul, crenulate, glaucous, concolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 12–20 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, dark green, concolorous; lateral veins distinct, at 25°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened or terete, 15–30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 7–15 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds ovoid, often apiculate; operculum conical, 3–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, 5–7 mm long, 4–7 mm wide; disc moderately broad, ascending; valves 3 or 4, exserted.