Smooth or patchily flaky-barked tree of medium size. All parts apparently glabrous. Twig c. 2 mm ø apically, much branched, terete, smooth; stipule scar short, obscure. Bud to 2 by 2 mm, subglobose, obtuse. Stipule caducous, unknown. Leaves 7-9 by 3-5 cm, ovate-elliptic, coriaceous; base obtuse; acumen to 1.5 cm long, subcaudate; nervation dryobalanoid; main nerves c. 12 pairs, obscure, unraised, with subequal long intermediates; midrib slender but prominent above, acute, elevated beneath. Petiole 7-10 mm long, geniculate, blackish. Flower unknown. Panicle and fruit glabrous. Panicle to 4 cm long, terminal or 3-axillary; singly branched, branchlets bearing to 5 flowers. Pedicel c. 5 mm long, uniquely long. 2 longer calyx lobes to 24 by 6 mm, spatulate, tapering to 3 mm and terminating abruptly in a small incrassate central tubercle; 3 shorter lobes to 15 mm long, linear to spatulate, acute or obtuse, similar at the base. Nut to 6 by 4 mm, ovoid; style remnant to 2 mm long.
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