Tree to 20 m high. Bark smooth, white to white-grey, sometimes with up to 1 m of rough, dark, basal bark. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sometimes uncinate, thick; lamina 8–14 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 20°–30°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete or quadrangular, 8–10 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle angular or flattened, 2–10 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Buds fusiform; operculum conical, ribbed, 5–7 mm long, 4–7 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, striate, 4–5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits obconical or hemispherical, striate, 8–11 mm long, 6–9 mm wide; valves 3–5, included. [For more recent description see subspecies profiles-Editor]
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