Tree to 40 m. Bark smooth throughout, white or grey to grey-brown. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate, green, discolorous. Adult leaves narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, thin; lamina 10–18 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, green; lateral veins visible, at 35°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole slightly flattened, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered; peduncle quadrangular, 5–13 mm long; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Buds subcylindrical; operculum cylindrical or horn-shaped, 6–8 mm long, 3–4 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical, 2–3 mm long, 3–4 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical, 4–5 mm long, 4–7 mm wide; disc broad, convex; valves 3 or 4, incurved. Seeds red-brown.