Small treelet, up to 3 m. Twigs puberulous. Leaves glabrous, only the midrib underneath with short hairs; ovate to elliptic, (5-) 8-12 (-16) by (2-) 3-4.5 (-6.5) cm; apex shortly acuminate, base rounded to cuneate; nerves 7-8 on each side of the midrib; petiole 1-2 mm. Inflorescences axillary, solitary; rachis (3-) 4.5-5.5 cm, glabrous. Bracts broadly ovate, apiculate, 2.5-3 by 2.5-3 mm. Flowers 3 per bract, without bracteoles; pedicels 1.5 mm. Tepals 3, rarely 4, c. 1 mm. Stamens white, filament c. 1 mm. Disk cup-shaped, up to nearly half the length of the ovary. Ovary cylindric to conical, 0.7 mm long; stigma tripartite. Drupe 14-16 by 7 mm; pedicel 3 mm.