Evergreen trees, to 5 m tall; branchlets terete, ca. 2 mm in diam., brown; internode 2-5 mm, with obvious and rounded leaf scars. Petiole 15-20 × 1.5-2 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to oblong, 19-24 × 5.5-6.5 cm, papery, deep green, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate; midvein prominent, secondary veins 12 or 13 pairs, anastomosing adjacent to margin. Corymbiform cymes axillary, lax, 4-or 5-branched; peduncle 3-3.3 mm. Fruits ovate, 2.5-3 cm, including a rostrum, rostrum ca. 1 mm; stipes 2-4.5 mm; persistent sepals broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm, imbricate, 4-lobed, connected on base; lobe ca. 1 × 5 mm, entire, obtuse; persistent style 0.2-0.3 mm. Capsule ovate, 2.5-3 cm, including a rostrum, ca. 1 cm. Seed 1, elliptic.