Shrub or small tree up to 5 m high. Bark grey to reddish brown, with fairly deep longitudinal fissures. Leaves subverticillate, arranged on the branches at intervals of ½-¾ of the length of leaves, like nests, subcoriaceous, linear or oblanceolate, 34-73 by 8-16(-23½) cm, glabrous on both surfaces; papillae beneath indistinct or obscure; base attenuate, obtuse or subauriculate; apex acuminate; nerves 23-50 pairs, conspicuous on both surfaces; veins reticulate, distinct on both surfaces; petiole very short, ½-⅔ cm. Panicles axillary, sometimes also cauliflorous, 3-20(-55) cm long, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent, or sometimes glabrous; lateral branches obliquely ascending, up to 14 cm; bracts lanceolate, ⅔-1 mm long; pedicels 0. Flower-buds globose. Calyx lobes deltoid, ⅓-⅔ mm long. Petals valvate, ovate or broad-elliptic, 1½-3 by 1-2 mm, with several longitudinal veins, puberulous outside. Stamens c. 1 mm; anthers oblong-ovoid, ½ mm long. Disk round, flat, c. ⅔ mm Ø in ♂, 1½-2¾ mm Ø in ♀, pilose above. Imperfect or sterile stamens in ♀ c. 1½ mm. Ovary globose, 1¼-2½ mm Ø, pilose; styles ⅔ mm long. Drupe unknown.
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A small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves occur at the top of the trunk. The small branches are rough. They have furrows along them and large scars. The leaves are very large and narrow and oblong. They are 23 cm long by 4 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 2.5 cm long. The flower arrangement is produced in the axils of leaves and on a stout branching stalk. The flowers are hairy brown.
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