Tree to 40 m. Bark fibrous, grey to 3 m from base, then smooth and white, grey or yellow above. Juvenile leaves ovate, dull, grey-green. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 11–17 cm long, 1.5–2.3 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins just visible, at 15°–20°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 15–22 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle flattened, 9–25 mm long; pedicels absent or up to 2 mm long. Buds clavate or broadly fusiform, curved; operculum conical or hemispherical, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits pyriform, hemispherical, ovoid or subglobular, 6–10 mm long and wide; disc level or descending; valves 4 or 5, level or just included. Seeds black.
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