Tree to 40 m. Bark subtessellated on trunk and larger branches, light grey, then smooth, grey to grey-brown above. Juvenile leaves lanceolate to ovate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 6–14 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, green; lateral veins clearly visible, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15–24 mm long. Conflorescence terminal, paniculate; peduncle terete, 5–8 mm long; pedicels absent or to 4 mm long. Buds clavate or ovoid; operculum conical or hemispherical, 1–2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical to subglobular, 2–3 mm long and wide. Fruits hemispherical to obconical, 3–5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide; disc narrow.