Tree up to c. 15 m. tall; trunk up to c. 1 m. diam.; branches rather slender; branchlets with pale bark. Lvs on petioles up to ± 10 mm. long. Lamina coriac., smooth, somewhat glossy above; of juveniles linear, acuminate; of adults narrow- to ovate-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, acute to subacuminate; midrib ± impressed above, somewhat prominent below. Racemes 5-10-(14)-fld, c. 1-2 cm. long; axis and pedicels glab. or very nearly so. ♂ with 2-(4) exserted anthers > 2 mm. long; ♀ with large 2-lobed stigma and more deeply lobed calyx. Drupe ± oblong-ovoid, 10-12 mm. long; seeds us. 2 per locule.