Tree to 40 m. Bark rough, fibrous, finely tessellated on trunk and larger branches, grey or often somewhat bleached, then smooth and white or light grey above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, dark green, discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 12–18 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, dull, dark green; lateral veins faint or just visible, at 35°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole 12–18 mm long. Conflorescence terminal or axillary; umbels 7-flowered; peduncle terete, 10–15 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum conical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 2–3 mm long and wide. Fruits ovoid to pyriform, 3–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; valves 3 or 4, included.
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