Evergreen tree to c. 30 m tall; bark grey, smooth. Twigs pubescent to glabrescent. Leaves on petioles 4–8 mm long, with indumentum as on twigs; blade elliptic to obovate, 5–10 x 3–5 cm, cuneate at base, shortly to long acuminate, rarely rounded at apex, margin ± sharply serrate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers 1–5 per leaf-axil, on pedicels 4–6 mm long, articulate above the middle, puberulous; calyx-lobes 4–5(–6), 3.5–5 mm long, narrowly triangular, pubescent on outside; petals of the same number as calyx-lobes, laciniate. Stamens 15–20, arising from the margin of a very small disk. Ovary superior, 3–4-celled, glabrous to apically pubescent, velutinous or hirsute. Capsule ovoid, 6–8 mm long, shortly pubescent to hirsute, rarely glabrescent or glabrous, longer than the persisting style.
