Tree to 30 m, sparingly pubescent. Leaves with the blade obovate to elliptic, the apex obtuse to acuminate, the base subattenuate to obtuse, sometimes oblique, the margins serrulate to serrate, 6-22 cm long, 2-10 cm wide, membranous to chartaceous, the secondary veins 7-14, rarely 18 pairs, the tertiary veins immersed, scarcely more prominent than the lesser reticulation, the epidermis pustulate, glabrous between the scattered-tufted veins above and beneath; petioles 0.5-3.0 cm long, 0.5-2.5 mm in diam. Inflorescence 40-to more than 150-flowered, 5-20 cm long, 2-10 cm wide, the primary peduncles 2-10 cm long, the bracts triangular to linear or foliaceous, 1-35 mm, usually less than 5 mm long. Flowers 7-10 mm broad, the buds 1-3 mm in diam, the pedicels to 1-6 mm long; sepals 4, rarely 3 or 5, 2-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, the inner 2 medially glabrous, laterally densely stellate, ciliate, the outer 2 glabrous except the submarginally stellate border, all submarginally stellate,-glabrous elsewhere within; petals 4, rarely 3 or 5, white, oblong to obovate, 4-5 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, obtuse to incised at the apex; stamens 20-30, the filaments 1.5-2.5 mm long, the anthers 1.0-1.5 mm long; ovary 4-, rarely 3-or 5-locular, globose, 4-, rarely 3-or 5-sulcate, glabrous, the styles to 1 mm long at anthesis, the stigmas simple. Berries to 8 mm in diam, globose, 4-, rarely 3-or 5-sulcate, glabrous.
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A tree. It grows 5-30 m tall. The stem has prominent leaf scars. The leaf stalks are 1-3 cm long. The leaves are narrowly oval and 6-22 cm long b 2-10 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flowering shoots are 20 cm long. The flowers are white. The fruit are round berries 1 cm across.
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