Small tree to 12 m. Bark red-brown. Juvenile leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate. Adult leaves narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, apiculate; lamina 4.5–6.5 cm long, 0.8–1.3 cm wide, green; lateral veins inconspicuous, at 25°–35°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 2–6 mm long. Umbels 3-flowered; peduncle angular, 20–30 mm long; pedicels angular, 8–20 mm long. Buds ovoid or pyramidal, 4-winged; operculum pyramidal, 10–15 mm long, 5–8 mm wide; hypanthium turbinate, 10–18 mm long, 8–12 mm wide. Fruits turbinate, 4-winged, 10–18 mm long, 10–15 mm wide; disc narrow, descending; valves 4, exserted.