Medium-sized tree, to 20 m tall, 1 m girth. Apical buds and ovary densely ocherous puberulent, young parts sparsely caducously so, otherwise glabrous. Stipules to 12 by 8 mm, elliptic, obtuse, not at first caducous, leaving a more or less prominent falcate scar. Leaves 6-15(-22) by (2-)2.5-7 cm, lanceolate, coriaceous, +-concave, lustrous, with obtuse base and prominently attenuate to 15 cm long acumen; nerves 9-11 pairs, ascending, slender, elevated on both surfaces but more so below, with ± short secondaries; tertiaries reticulate, elevated on both surfaces. Petiole 1.8-4 cm long, slender, very long. Panicles to 7 cm long, irregular, 1-∞ axillary or terminal. Flowers white, as in other species. Fruit unknown.
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