Tree to 25 m. Bark rough, fibrous on trunk and larger branches, grey, then smooth and white-grey above. Juvenile leaves linear, green. Adult leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, acute; lamina 7.5–13 cm long, 0.7–1.3 cm wide, shining, green; lateral veins faint, at 30°–40°; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 7–10 mm long. Peduncle terete, 7–13 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Buds ovoid to fusiform; operculum conical, 1–2 mm long, c. 2 mm wide; hypanthium obovoid, 1–2 mm long, c. 2 mm wide. Fruits subglobular to ovoid, not ribbed, 2–4 mm long, 3–4 mm wide.