Shrub up to 3 m. Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, 20-23 by 4-7 cm; base cuneate, obtuse or sometimes rounded; apex caudate-acuminate; margin irregularly, remotely denticulate at the upper two-thirds; nerves 9-12 pairs, spreading, arching 2-7 mm from the edge; veins and veinlets obscure or invisible on both surfaces; petiole ¾-1½ cm. Infructescences axillary, c. 3 cm long, simple or once branched cymes, usually found at the upper part of the branchlet. Peduncle 0.5-2 cm. Bracts small. Pedicels 5-8 mm. Fruits depressed-globose, 1.5-2 cm ø. Seeds subellipsoid or slightly oblong, 8-10 by 7 mm.