Large tree; bark persistent and fibrous on the trunk to the top and usually on branches. Juvenile lvs opposite for a few pairs, petiolate; base oblique. Petiole of intermediate and adult lvs 1-2.3 cm long; lamina of intermediate and adult lvs 7-18 × 1.5-8 cm, lanceolate, often falcate, concolorous, coriaceous, with lateral veins diverging from midrib at 30-45°; base very oblique; apex ± acuminate. Umbels axillary, of 7 or more fls; peduncles 3-15 mm long, usually markedly angular; pedicels short. Buds c. 7 mm long, ± clavate, green; operculum hemispheric, slightly < hypanthium. Stamens white; anthers reniform. Fr. pedicellate, 7-8 mm diam., almost pyriform, almost urceolate or barrel-shaped; valves 3-4, deeply included; disc broad, sloping obliquely inward.