Medium-sized tree. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, (7-)13-19 by 2¾-4¾(-874)cm; base cuneate; apex acute, shortly acuminate, sometimes obtuse; nerves 8-12 pairs, slightly elevated on both surfaces; veins reticulate, distinct beneath, faint above; petiole ½456-3½(-5½) cm, convex beneath, concave above. Panicles terminal and also in the apical leaf axils, crowded at the apex of twigs and seemingly fasciculate, up to 19 cm long, glabrous; lateral branches up to 5 cm long, laxly flowered; floral bracts caducous, not seen. Pedicels ½-¾ mm. Flowers white. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, 1½456-2½45 mm long, glabrous. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, 3-4½ by 1½-2 mm; ridges 5(-7), ½-½4 the length of petals, confluent at the basal ½-1½ mm. Disk short-cupular, ¾-l mm high, 1-1½ mm wide, slightly 4-lobed, papillose. Stamens 4 (or 5), 1 fertile, 1½-3½ mm; filaments free; anthers ovoid-oblong, ½4 mm long; staminodes up to 1 mm. Ovary subglobose, c. ⅔ mm ø; style excentric, 1½-3 mm. Sterile pistil in ♂ c. ½ mm. Drupe (MERRILL, 1904, l.c.) ellipsoid, sub-compressed, inequilateral, 3½ by 1¾ cm; flesh very thin.
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A tree. It grows up to 15 m tall. The leaves are broadly oblong. They are 8-19 cm long by 2.5-8 cm wide. They are rough. They taper to a short tip. The base can be wedge shaped. The leaf stalk is 1-5 cm long. The flowering stalks are 10-20 cm long. The flowers occur loosely and with almost no stalk. The flowers are white. The fruit are oval and unequal on each side. They are 3.5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The fruit only have a little flesh.
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