Tree 4-15 m. Twigs 1-1.5 (-2) mm diameter, with dull brown hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long, (late) glabrescent; bark finely striate, not flaking. Leaves membranous, oblong to lanceolate, 8-17(-24) by 1.5-4(-7) cm, base narrowly rounded to attenuate, apex acute-acuminate, drying olivaceous or dark brown above, lower surface with persistent, sparse, not touching, pale yellowish stellate scale-like hairs of mixed sizes, 0.1-0.2 mm; dots absent; midrib raised above; nerves 13-20 pairs, ± flat above, venation moderately fine, not very distinct; petiole 8—12(—15) by 1—2(—3) mm. Inflorescences: sessile, brachyblast simple or 2-or 3-forked, to 4 mm long, in male 4-8-flowered, female 2-6-flowered; flowers with dense rusty hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long; perianth 3-lobed, greenish creamy inside. Male flowers: pedicel 2-4 mm long, bracteole persistent, broadly ovate, 0.5-1 mm long, 0.5 mm below the apex; buds broadly obovoid, (2-)2.5 mm diameter, cleft 4/5-5/6, lobes 0.5(-0.8) mm thick; staminal disc circular, flat, 1-1.5 mm diameter, anthers 6-8(-10), short-stiped, horizontal, 0.3 mm long, not touching, opening downwards; androphore 1(—1.4) mm long. Female flowers: pedicel 3-6(-8) mm long, bracteole persistent, about median or up to 2 mm below the apex; buds long-obovoid, 4 by 2.5 mm, cleft c. 1/2, lobes 0.5 mm thick; ovary ovoid, 1.5 by 1(—1.3) mm, with hairs 0.1 mm long or less, stigma subsessile, 1 mm long, 2-lobed and each lobe 4-or 5-lobulate. Fruits 1-6 per infructescence, ellipsoid or ellipsoid-oblong, 1.5-2 by 1-1.2 cm, apex rounded or short-acute, with hairs 0.1 mm long; dry pericarp 1 mm thick, fruiting pedicel 4-10 mm long.
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