Tree to 6 m. Bark rough throughout, grey-black, furrowed. Juvenile leaves ovate, dull, grey-green, concolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 11–15 cm long, 1.5–2.2 cm wide, dull, green; lateral veins just visible, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein 1–2 mm from margin; petiole 13–27 mm long. Conflorescence terminal, paniculate, with some axillary umbels; umbels 7-flowered; peduncle slightly flattened, 12–20 mm long; pedicels 5–6 mm long. Buds clavate; operculum pyramidal, 4–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide; hypanthium quadrangular, 6–7 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, quadrangular, 10–14 mm long, 8-10 mm wide; disc narrow, descending; valves 4, level or slightly exserted.