A tree of medium size; branches and leaves (particularly the petiole and midrib) fulvo-pubescent when young, soon glabrous. Leaves ovate to elliptic, subacute to subacuminate, acute at the base, 2 1/2–4 in. long, 1 1/4–2 in. broad, coriaceous, green above, glaucescent beneath; lateral nerves 4–5 on each side, the lowest pair more oblique than the others and somewhat distant from them, reticulation very close and fine below; petioles 4–8 lin. long. Inflorescences up to 10 lin. long, greyish or fulvo-pubescent, 7–9-flowered; peduncle slender, 5–7 lin. long; pedicels up to 3/4 lin. long or hardly any. Perianth not quite 1 1/2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent without; receptacle oblong, 3/4–1 lin. long; segments elliptic, the inner slightly narrower than the outer, all finely pubescent within. Filaments pubescent; anthers ovate, acuminate, outer 6 about 3/8 lin. long, inner smaller, narrowly acute; staminal glands stipitate, their stalks inserted between the stamens of the second and third whorl, but converging in pairs towards the latter; staminodes substipitate. Fruit globose, 6–8 lin. in diam.