Tree to 27 m. Bark grey to grey-brown. Juvenile leaves ovate, undulate, crenulate, green, strongly discolorous. Adult leaves lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, thick; lamina 10–13 cm long, 1.8–3 cm wide, green, slightly shining, concolorous; lateral veins clearly visible, at 20°–35°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole channelled, 10–15 mm long. Umbels 7–11-flowered or more; peduncle angular or flattened, 6–13 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid to clavate; operculum conical, sometimes obtuse, 2–3 mm long and wide; hypanthium obconical, c. 2 mm long, 2–3 mm wide. Fruits hemispherical or subglobular, 5–7 mm long, 7–10 mm wide; disc broad, convex, red; valves 4 or 5, ±level.