Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Trees ca. 12 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark grey, lenticellate; blaze brownish. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets angular to subterete, pubescent when young, later glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral, pubescent, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-1.5 cm long, canaliculate above, pubescent when young; lamina 4.5-11.5 x 2-5 cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded or acute, sometimes asymmetric, margin entire, chartaceous to coriaceous, glabrous; 3-nerved at base; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 3 pairs; tertiary_nerves reticulo-percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary cymes; flowers polygamous, usually on new branchlets. |
| Fruit& seed : | Drupe, up to 0.8 cm long; seed one. |