Tree to 30 m tall; trunk to 70 cm dbh; bark grey, rough or smooth, inner bark brown, sapwood pale yellow. Leaves: petiole 5-15 mm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 8-20 by 3.6-7.5 cm, 1.2-3 times as long as wide, apex acute to acuminate, less often obtuse or caudate, base cuneate, glabrous, 8-12 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation perpendicular to midrib and oblique to secondary veins; domatia consisting of pits. Inflorescence congested, 8-25-flowered, 2.5-4 cm long; peduncle 1-5 mm long; pedicels 10-14 mm long; glabrous or sparsely puberulent near base. Sepals 1.7-4.5 by 1.5-2 mm, 1.2-2 times as long as wide, apex acute, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Corolla white or yellowish green; tube 9-14 mm long, lower part 8-12 mm long, upper part 0-2 mm long; lobes elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 7-17.5 by 4.5-7.5 mm, 0.9-2.7 times as long as wide, outside glabrous, inside glabrous at base, pubescent at top of tube and inside of lobes. Stamens exserted, inserted at 10-12 mm from corolla base; anthers 3 by 1-1.5 mm. Disk ring-to cup-shaped, 1-2 mm high. Ovaries 2-3 mm high; style 8-11 mm long; style head 1.5-2 mm long. Fruit 18.5-29 by 0.7-0.9 cm. Seeds: grain c. 24 by 0.8 mm; beak glabrous for c. 10 mm, bearing a coma for c. 38 mm; coma hairs c. 35 mm long.
A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed forests, usually found on hillsides and ridges with sandy loam soils, but also on limestone and in swamps; at elevations up to 1,220 metres.
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