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Leaves usually clustered near the apices of the branches, often immature at time of flowering; blades 9–14.5 × 6–9 cm, broadly elliptic or ovate, obtuse or tending to be subacuminate at the apex, acute to attenuate or truncate then attenuate at the base, glabrous or puberulous above, puberulous with densely puberulous nerves beneath; lateral nerves in 10–12 main pairs, acutely angled; domatia absent or inconspicuous; bacterial nodules dot-like, elliptic or linear, few or many; petiole 0.8–1.7 cm long, puberulous; stipule limbs truncate to triangular, 3–6 mm long, bearing a lobe up to 5 mm long, puberulous outside, thin, not persistent.
Inflorescences crowded or moderately lax, 2.5–6.5 cm across (excluding corollas); peduncles absent or up to 10 mm long; primary inflorescence branches 0.5–1.2 cm long, puberulous; secondary to quaternary branches present; pedicels 1–8 mm long, puberulous; bracts 7–10 mm long, stipule-like, readily caducous; bracteoles inconspicuous.
Tree, up to 8 m high. Leaves large, rhomboid to ovate-elliptic, lower surface pubescent, petiolate, bacterial nodules dot-shaped and scattered. Calyx dentate, lobes up to 0.2 mm long. Corolla tube up to 10 mm long. Flowers white.
Calyx tube 0.75–1 mm long, puberulous; limb-tube 0.5–0.75 mm long, somewhat wider than the tube, truncate or undulate to slightly dentate, membranous, sparsely puberulous.
Corolla tube 0.6–1 cm long, c. 1 mm wide at the top, glabrous outside, with few hairs within; lobes 3.3–5 × 1–1.5 mm, oblong, rounded.
Small tree 2–7 m tall; young branches puberulous; older branches covered with buff, light brown or grey thin flaking bark.
Inflorescence-supporting branches short, 0.4–5 cm long, or rarely branches entirely suppressed, leafless.
Fruit black, shiny, 7–8 mm in diameter; pedicels slightly accrescent; calyx limb persistent.
Well formed seeds not seen.
