Trees, to 10 m tall. Branches slender, glabrous or sparsely brown stellate pubescent. Petiole 3-15 cm, slender; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, 8-20(-30) × 3-8(-10) cm, membranous or leathery, glabrous, 4-veined from base, secondary veins 3-6 pairs, base acute to broadly cuneate or rounded, margin serrulate-dentate, apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescence terminal and sometimes lateral, sparsely stellate pubescent when young, later glabrescent; primary axis 5-15 cm; pedicels 0.6-1.3 cm. Fruit ellipsoid-globose, 4-5 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.