Tree to 8 m high, glabrous. Leaves oblong-ovate, shortly obtuse, entire, chartaceous; lamina 6–17 cm long, 1.5–3.5 cm wide; base cuneate or shortly decurrent; secondary veins 9–12 pairs; petiole 0.5–1.2 cm long. Thyrses to 10 cm long; pedicels 3–5 mm long. Sepals broadly deltoid, c. 0.8 mm long. Petals broadly ovate, c. 3 mm long, with a row of minute papillae inside near base. Disc obscurely 5-angled, 3–3.5 mm diam. Staminal filaments 1.3 mm long. Ovary immersed in disc, pyramidal, 3-locular with 6-8 ovules per locule; style c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule angular-fusiform or angular-ovoid, 6–8 cm long. Seeds 3.5 cm long, 1 cm wide including wing.
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