A tree 30 ft. high, glabrous in all parts. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, deltoid at the base, 3–7 in. long, 1–2 1/2 in. broad, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8–12 on each side, looped, faintly impressed above, conspicuous below; veins lax, conspicuous below; petiole smooth or very slightly wrinkled, 4–5 lin. long; stipules adnate to the base of the petiole, 2 1/2 lin. long, coriaceous. Flowers in subglobose terminal and axillary sessile heads surrounded by coriaceous bracts; bracts coriaceous, outer keeled and mucronate, inner doubly keeled; bracteoles lanceolate, acutely apiculate, membranous. Male flowers: Sepals oblong, apex slightly hooded, 3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad. Petals very broadly obovate or suborbicular, 3/4 lin. long. Disk undulate, glabrous. Stamens free to the base; filaments about 1 lin. long; anthers 1 1/2 lin. long. Rudimentary ovary trilobed, glabrous. Female flowers: Sepals as in the male. Petals elliptic, 1 1/4 lin. long Disk as in the male. Ovary subglobose, glabrous; stigma discoid. Immature capsule ovoid, about 5 lin. in diam., glabrous, tipped by the persistent stigma.