Tree to 8 m, sometimes shrubby. Bark subfibrous, subtessellated or flaky, grey-yellow throughout. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves opposite or alternate, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, often falcate, acuminate, thick; lamina 8–14 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, green, concolorous; lateral veins just visible, at 40°–50°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole quadrangular, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle terete to slightly flattened, 7–10 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds ovoid-cylindrical, often contracted near middle, faintly striate; operculum hemispherical-conical, 4–5 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, lighter in colour than hypanthium; hypanthium campanulate or cylindrical, 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Fruits truncate-ovoid, suburceolate or cylindrical, 10–13 mm long, 7–9 mm wide, striate, sometimes warty; disc broad; valves usually 3, exserted.
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