Tree to 14 m. Bark flaky, irregularly tessellated, yellow-brown throughout. Juvenile leaves subopposite, lanceolate, discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate, sometimes falcate, uncinate, thick; lamina 8–12 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, green, discolorous; lateral veins faint, at 70°–80°; intramarginal vein almost confluent; petiole flattened, 10–20 mm long. Umbels 3–7-flowered; peduncle terete or angular, 20–30 mm long; pedicels 3–6 mm long. Buds cylindrical to fusiform; operculum conical, 3–6 mm long, 4–5 mm wide; hypanthium cupular, faintly striate, 5–6 mm long, 4–5 mm wide. Fruits subglobular, truncate-ovoid or suburceolate, 10–12 mm long, 8–10 mm wide, woody, striate; disc moderately broad, valves 3 or 4, deltoid, level or slightly exserted.