A tree up to 40 ft. high; branchlets sparingly pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, slightly rounded at the base, 2–4 1/2 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent above, glabrescent or very sparingly pilose on the lateral and tertiary nerves beneath; lateral nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, 11–14 on each side; tertiary nerves somewhat lax, often wavy; veinlets slightly prominent; petiole 2–3 lin. long, slightly wrinkled, very shortly pubescent; stipules caducous. Male buds nearly glabrous. Female flowers: Sepals ovate, slightly acuminate, 1 lin. long, glabrous or pubescent towards the base. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, subacute at both ends, 1/2 lin. long, slightly toothed in the upper half. Disk bottle-shaped, wholly enveloping the ovary, slightly lobed at the apex, glabrous outside. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; styles 2, bifid. Fruit 2-celled, globose, shortly stipitate and contracted at the base, 3–4 lin. in diam. Seeds flattened or very slightly concave on the inner side.
