Large tree; bark thick, soft, persistent sometimes to the branches or otherwise to c. 1/2 the trunk. Juvenile lvs opposite for 5-6 pairs, petiolate, ± lanceolate-ovate. Adult lvs with petioles 2-3 cm long; lamina 8-18 × 1.5-4 cm, lanceolate or broad-lanceolate, coriaceous, with conspicuous marginal vein and many fine parallel lateral veins diverging at 50-70° from midrib, discolorous with lower surface paler; base somewhat asymmetric; apex long-attenuate. Umbels axillary, of 7-11 sessile fls (central fl. sometimes pedicellate); peduncles 1-1.5 cm long, strongly flattened. Buds to c. 1 cm long, green; hypanthium c. 1/2 operculum, acutely ribbed; operculum ± conic. Stamens white; anthers oblong. Fr. 7-10 × 5-8 mm, ± oblong-cylindric or urceolate; valves 4, deeply sunken; disc narrow or very narrow, convex or descending.