Tall tree, nearly glabrous. Leaves firmly chart-aceous to subcoriaceous, somewhat shining, pale olivaceous when dry, glabrous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 9-22 by 4-10 cm, apex gradually narrowed to the usually elongated and rather slender acumen, base obtuse to somewhat acute, margins entire to obscurely undulate; primary nerves 6-7 on each side, somewhat prominent beneath, indistinctly anastomosing, axils on the lower surface (often also axils of coarser secondary nerves) glandular-pitted; petioles 4-5 cm, of the smaller leaves 1-2 cm. Inflorescence large, umbellate, corymbiform, up to 18 cm across, axes thinly stellate-pubescent, glabrescent; peduncle 4-6 cm long; primary rays about 7. Flowers numerous, fragrant. Calyx-limb with short but distinct triangular teeth. Corolla globular in bud, when open shortly tubular to somewhat turbinate, gradually slightly widened towards the top, white, glabrous, tube 2-2½ cm, lobes erect, rounded, 1½-1 mm. Stamens exserted; filaments inserted at base of corolla, in the flower-bud with inflexed top, sometimes moreover with a distinct fold in the lower part, 6-7 mm; anthers oblong, 2 mm. Ovary cylindric, glabrous, 1 mm long. Drupe oblong-ovate, compressed, 8-9 by 6 mm. Endocarp slightly undulate in cross-section, with 2 dorsal grooves and 1 ventral groove.
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