Tree about 9 m. high. Stems as in V. orientalis. Leaves deciduous, shortly petiolate; blades broadly elliptic, the apical pair on the flowering branches ranging from 4.0 x 2.2 cm. to 6.5 x 3.9 cm., acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, in the fresh state whitish below (fide Eggeling), furnished with scattered and submarginal black glandular dots; ultimate reticulation on the lower surface visible to the naked eye. Inflorescence usually terminating 4-leaved lateral branches, pedunculate, 2–4-flowered. Sepals ovate, about 4 mm. long, with linear glands. Petals oblong elliptic, about 7 mm. long, white with brownish linear glands. Stamens about 15 per bundle; filaments villous. Staminodes fleshy, glabrous. Ovary with about 5 ovules per loculus. Berry not known.