Treelet 2-4 m. Twigs subangular, 1.5(-2) mm diameter, early or rather late glabrescent, hairs 0.3-0.5 mm; older twigs striate; lenticels small and inconspicuous. Leaves membranous or thinly chartaceous, oblong, 8—15(—17.5) by 3-5(-6.5) cm, base short-attenuate or rounded, apex acute-acuminate, often with ± blunt tip; upper surface olivaceous-brown, lower surface grey-brown or cinnamon, late glabrescent, hairs weak, flossy, 0.1 (-0.2) mm; indistinctly papillose; dots absent; midrib slightly raised above, lateral nerves (4-)7-14 per side, at 45-60° to the midrib, the lower nerves sometimes steeper, (flat or) sunken above, (light) brown and contrasting in colour below, lines of interarching and venation indistinct; petioles 10-12 by 1.5-2(-2.5) mm; leaf bud 10 by 2.5 mm, hairs ± rough, 0.3-0.5 mm. Inflorescences (from infructescences) between the (lower) leaves, axillary or up to 3 mm supra-axillary, ± paniculate, peduncle 3-4 mm long, ending in a small, scar-covered brachyblast with few flowers, partly late glabrescent, hairs dark brown (rusty), 0.3-0.5 mm; male inflorescences, male and female flowers not seen. Infructescences: peduncle 3-4 by 2 mm, ± pubescent. Fruits (slightly immature) solitary, ± ellipsoid, 2.5-2.7 by 1.5 cm, apex subacute, narrowed towards the base, hairs powdery, rust-coloured, 0.3-0.4 mm; pericarp ± 2 mm thick; seeds not seen; fruiting pedicel 2-4 by 2-2.5 mm, hairs woolly, 0.2 mm, bracteole scar near the apex.
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