Tree 6 m. high; branches pale grey, rough, pubescent when young, glabrous with age. Leaf-lamina 3–5 x 1·8–3·5 cm., obovate, leathery; apex rounded, truncate, obtuse or shortly acuminate and refuse at its extremity; margins entire and somewhat revolute; base cuneate to ± attenuate into the petiole; midrib straight, prominent below, and reticulation slightly prominent on both surfaces; superior surface glabrous; inferior surface very sparsely appressed-pubescent (except along the midrib); petiole 3–5 mm. long, glabrous or glabrescent; stipules 3 mm. long, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex and subcordate-truncate at the base, externally glabrescent or glabrous (pubescent towards the apex). Inflorescences ± dense and congested fascicles. Flowers 5–6-merous; pedicels 1·5–2 mm. long, ± pubescent, articulate near the apex; bracteoles c. 1·5 mm. long, ± conchiform, truncate or rounded (sometimes lacerate) at the apex, truncate at the base, glabrous or glabrescent abaxially and puberulous at the margins. Calyx appressed-pubescent outside and glabrous inside; calyx-tube c. 1 mm. long; calyx-lobes 4–5 mm. long, lanceolate. Petals c. 5 mm. long, spathulate, laciniate above, glabrous. Stamens c. 17; filaments 3–4 mm. long; anthers c. 1 mm. long, oblong-ellipsoid. Ovary 1·5 mm. long, ovoid, 3–4-locular, sparsely hairy (more densely towards the apex), semi-inferior; style 3–4 mm. long, hairy at and near the base, persistent, with 3–4 stigmatic surfaces at the apex. Fruit unknown, stated to be edible.
