Tree to 24 m. Bark rough, fibrous, grey to 6 m or to larger branches, then smooth, white or grey above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, sometimes falcate, uncinate; lamina 8–13 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 10–20 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds ovoid; operculum hemispherical to bluntly conical, 3–4 mm long and wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 3–4 mm long and wide. Fruits hemispherical or obconical, 4–5 mm long and wide; disc slightly convex, descending, narrow; valves 3, exserted, pointed outwards.
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