Shrub or small tree, up to 15 m, 20 cm dbh. Axillary buds 2 (or 3), (0.5-)l-2.7 mm long. Petiole 5-8.5 mm. Leaf-blade 5-12 by 1.5-5.5 cm, base sometimes more or less rounded, margin mostly strongly curved upwards when dry, apex cuspidate to acuminate; above sometimes slightly bullate between secondary nerves, dull, light greyish green to olive-green, secondary nerves mostly indistinct, venation mostly indistinct, sometimes scarcely visible, less often finely prominent; lower side yellowish green, secondary nerves (3 or) 4-6 pairs, forming a distinct intramarginal nerve, venation usually obscure; glands (0-)2-12, situated at some distance from the midrib, 0.2-0.4 mm diam. Inflorescences tin-branched, ± as long as the leaves; axes angular, light brown, sparsely appressedly shortly hairy; lowermost bracts sometimes leaf-like. Pedicel 2.5-3.5 mm, mostly light brown, glabrous to sparsely minutely appressedly hairy. Sepals (nearly) glabrous outside; outer ones 1.6-1.8 by 1.4-1.8 mm; inner ones 2-2.5 by 2-2.5 mm. Petals white, when dry orange, faintly ciliate apically, outside glabrous except at base, longest one 8-10 mm. Stamens: anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long, sparsely hairy at base. Ovary 0.5-1.5 mm stipi-tate, subglabrous to rather densely appressedly hairy, rather soon partly glabrescent; style sparsely appressedly hairy; ovules 4. Fruit at first ± ellipsoid with a sharp beak because of subpersistent style, when mature globular, c. 1.7 cm diam., smooth, light green to brown, rather dull to shiny; pericarp thin; pedicel up to 5(-7) mm, mostly light brown.
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