Tree to 12 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey-brown to grey-red. Juvenile leaves ovate. Adult leaves elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 6–8.5 cm long, 1.3–2 cm wide; lateral veins faint, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete or channelled, 5–10 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle 25–40 mm long, erect at first but becoming recurved. Buds cylindrical; operculum cylindrical, swollen at base, very warty, 45–50 mm long, 20–23 mm wide; hypanthium campanulate, ribbed, 15–20 mm long, 20–23 mm wide. Fruits campanulate, 1-ribbed, 20–40 mm long, 25–35 mm wide; disc broad, striate, convex, overlying the valves; valves 3, exserted.