Twigs 1.5-2 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs less than 0.1 mm, faintly striate, hardly lenticellate. Leaves chartaceous, (oblong-)lanceolate, 8-13 by 1-3 cm, base cuneate, apex (narrowly) acute-acuminate; blade drying bright dark brown, somewhat glossy above, lower surface with sparse brown-centred scale-like hairs less than 0.1 mm; nerves 15-17 per side, venation slightly raised, not very distinct at both surfaces. Male inflorescences not known. Female inflorescences (immature): few-flowered, peduncle 1-1.5 mm; mature buds not seen, bracteole apical, caducous. Infructescence among the leaves. Fruits 1 per infructescence, ± fusiform, with sharp edge, 3.5-4.5 by 4.5-2 cm, fruiting pedicel 7-9 mm long, broadened to above, scar of bracteole at or above halfway.
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