Tree up to 25 m; d.b.h. up to 90 cm. Branchlets slender, decussate, terete, glabrous. Leaves decussate, ovate to elliptic, 4-8 by 1½-3 cm.chartaceous, glabrous; base cuneate; apex acuminate; nerves 6-8 pairs, with intermediary ones; veins distinct on both surfaces; an occasional subcircular domatium at the axil of nerves; petiole l-l½ cm, slender. Inflorescence up to 15 cm, slender, glabrous, branched up to 5 times; branches of the first order decussate; pedicels of lateral flowers of terminal cymes over 5 mm, slender. Bracts ovate, under 3 mm, glabrous. Submature flower bud 3 mm ø. Calyx subtruncate, thin; teeth 4, minute, acute, thin. Petals 4, thick, glabrous outside. Stamens 8. Ovary glabrous. Fruit turbinate, 1 cm.
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