Twigs glabrous. Leaves glabrous, rounded or shortly acuminate with cuneate, attenuate base and entire or glandular denticulate apex, obovate, 7½-11 by 3½-6 cm; nerves 7-9 pairs, meeting in a looped intramarginal vein; petiole 7-12 mm. Flowers in a fascicle or short spike to 1 ½ cm, axis glabrous. Bracts and bracteoles glabrous, persistent, 2-3 mm. Only fruits seen. Calyx 3-lobed, glabrous, elliptic, rounded, c. 2 mm. Disk glabrous, style base shortly pilose. Fruit (obliquely) ellipsoid, c. 11 by 5 mm, the persistent calyx not included; stone smooth, 3-celled. Seed 1 in each cell, straight with straight embryo.
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