Leaves petiolate, ± glaucous; lamina 8·8–14·5 × 5–8·2 cm., oblong-elliptic to obovate, rounded or obtusely apiculate at the apex, with margin serrulate, broadly cuneate (more rarely subtruncate) to attenuate at the base, coriaceous, with widely spreading lateral nerves prominent on both sides (main more prominent than subsidiary) and densely reticulate tertiary venation more prominent above than below; petiole 5–20 mm. long, stout, flattened above.
Small tree 3–7 m. high sometimes branching from the base, with slender trunk and silver-grey rectangularly fissured bark; branches stout, lenticellate, brown and ridged at first, becoming angular, whitish-brown and non-lenticellate.
Flowers c. 7–16, in a ± condensed racemose inflorescence with rhachis up to c. 13 mm. long; pedicels 2·6–4 mm. long in fruit, articulated at the base.
Drupelets 10–13 × 8–10 mm., flattened-ovoid-subcylindric, inserted at the base; embryo straight.
Sepals orange-red to scarlet, 16–25 mm. long, convex and ascending in fruit.
Stamens with anthers 2 mm. long when dry, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
Carpels 5 (6), with styles completely united; stigma small, 5-lobed.
Flowering specimens not yet collected.