Shrub or small tree, to 8 m height. Leaves ± coriaceous, elliptic, 5-7(-9) by 2-4 cm, midrib ± raised above and ± prominent below, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate, margins ± revolute; petioles 8-10 mm long, groove ± absent on adaxial surface. Flowers axillary on young growth, generally solitary or few in clusters; pedicels 5-15 mm long at anthesis. Perianth parts 15-27, white, outermost perianth parts ovate, c. 4.5 by 2.5-3 mm, largest perianth parts narrowly elliptic, 9-14 by 3.3-4.5 mm, innermost perianth parts ovate, c. 4.5 by 3 mm. Androecium of (11—)16—25 stamens, biseriate; stamens 2.2-2.5-2.9 mm long; pollen grains trizonocolpate. Gynoecium of 9-11 carpels; carpels 3.3-3.7-4.5 mm long. Fruit of up to 11 follicles.