Tree 2.5-20 m tall. Foliage buds 4-9 mm long. Juvenile leaves linear, acute, 4-9 cm by 5-9 mm. Adult leaves linear to ovate, 2-5 cm by 4-7 mm, acute to almost rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base to a 1-3 mm petiole; midrib above weakly developed, 0.5-0.7 mm wide and 0.1-0.2 mm high and often collapsing upon drying leaving a weak depression with a narrow ridge in the centre, upper hypo-derm continuous. Pollen cones 1-1.5 cm, sessile, solitary or occasionally a pair; apex of microsporo-phyll triangular, up to 0.8 mm long. Seed-bearing structure on a peduncle at least 3 mm long; foliola 4 mm long; receptacle formed of two unequal bracts; mature seed unknown.