Small tree; old branches glabrous; young and floriferous branches pubescent; bark with very small lenticels. Leaf-lamina 4–7 × 1·5–3 cm., subelliptic, glabrescent on the upper surface when old, except for the midrib, sparsely pubescent when old on the lower surface, acute or obtuse at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base; lateral nerves 4–6 pairs, slightly prominent below, conspicuous above; petiole 4–7 mm. long; stipules linear, very small, caducous. Infloresencec a c. 15-flowered pseudumbel; peduncle adnate to the petiole; pedicels c. 2 mm. long, pubescent; bracts very small. Sepals c. 1 mm. long, subcircular or ovate, pubescent, 2 outside ones smaller. Petals with 2 longer ones connate below up to half-way, c. 2·5 mm. long, 2-fid, with hooded pubescent lobes, 3 shorter ones pubescent. Fertile stamens 2, anthers enclosed in the hood before anthesis. Ovary glabrous or puberulous; style c. 2 mm. long, 2–3-lobed. Fruit c. 4 mm. long, ovoid, glabrescent.