Tree or shrub to 3 m. Bark smooth throughout, grey to white. Juvenile leaves not seen. Adult leaves elliptic to lanceolate, apiculate; lamina 5.5–9.5 cm long, 0.8–1.8 cm wide; lateral veins faint, at 30°–45°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole flattened, 8–15 mm long. Umbels 7–13-flowered; peduncle 20–30 mm long. Buds narrowly and acutely conical, swollen at base; operculum acutely conical or horn-shaped, 26–43 mm long, 10–12 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, 8–10 mm long, 10–11 mm wide. Fruits campanulate, sometimes several-ribbed, 12–15 mm long, 15–18 mm wide; disc obscure; valves 3 or 4, prominently exserted.