Tree to 11 m; trunk slightly spirally fluted. Bark smooth, light copper-brown to dark red-brown. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate, grey-green. Adult leaves lanceolate, acute or acuminate; lamina 8–11.5 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, glaucous, grey to grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 10–15 mm long. Peduncle 5–10 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Buds ovoid to conical, glaucous; operculum hemispherical to conical, 5–8 mm long and wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 6–8 mm long, 5–8 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, glaucous, 6–9 mm long, 8–10 mm wide; disc moderately broad, level or convex.