Large or very large tree; bark rough towards base but peeling in long strips to give a mottled grey and whitish upper trunk and branches. Juvenile lvs opposite for many pairs, sessile, to 20-(40) × 10-(16) cm, glaucous, ovate, prominently amplexicaul and cordate. Adult lvs with stout petiole to c. 4 cm long; lamina 11-25 × 2-4.5 cm, lanceolate, markedly falcate, coriaceous, glaucescent and concolorous, with distinct marginal vein 1-3 mm from margin; lateral veins diverging at 45-60° from midrib; base symmetric or somewhat oblique; apex acuminate. Fls axillary, nearly always solitary, sessile or pedicels short and strongly ribbed. Buds to c. 2.8 × 2.5 cm, strongly verrucose, glaucous-white; operculum < the quadrangular hypanthium, flattened except for short beak in centre. Stamens white; anthers oblong, with a prominent globular connective gland. Fr. subsessile, generally c. (1)-1.5 × (2)-2.5 cm, hemispheric, truncate or somewhat convex, 4-ribbed, glaucous, ± warty; valves 4-5, level with calyx tube apex; disc large, ascending, broad.