Evergreen tree up to 12 m. high.. Leaf-lamina broadly ovate or suborbicular, 0.9–2 cm. long, 0.9–1.9 cm. wide, apex broadly obtuse or rounded and often emarginate, base rounded or broadly cuneate; petiole 1.5–2.5 mm. long.. Inflorescence axillary, many flowered, consisting of clusters of solitary flowers and pedunculate pseudo-umbellate cymes; peduncle 2–3 mm. long or rudimentary: pedicels 1–2 mm. long.. Calyx-tube semi-globose below, constricted in the middle, campanulate above, 1.7–2 mm. long, 2–2.3 mm. in diameter; lobes broadly triangular, ± 0.6 mm. high.. Petals broadly ovate, 1.8 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, pale pink to almost white.. Anthers ± 1.3 mm. long; filaments 3.8 mm. long.. Fruit not known.
Moist, evergreen, submontane forests. Locally dominant in rain forests at elevations from 1,050-1,080 metres.
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