Branchlets stout, dark, subglabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 10-24(-28) by 5-12 cm, coriaceous, tough and stiff; base cuneate to obtuse; apex acute, acuminate to caudate; nerves 8-15 pairs, very prominent below, seldom arcuate; petiole l½-2½(-3½) cm, stout. Inflorescence up to 15 cm, compact, profusely branched up to 5(-8) times, not terminating in a dichasium, sub-glabrous to puberulous; basal bracts up to 5 mm. Sepals 4(-5). Petals 4. Stamens 4. Fruit ovoid to elongate-ovoid, 2½-3¼ by l½-2cm; persistent disk prominent, bulging; sepals prominent.