Shrubs (often scandent) or trees, 2 - 12 m tall. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic, lanceolateelliptic,
oblong-lanceolate or narrowly obovate-oblong, acute, obtuse to rounded at base, entire,
acute, attenuate, apiculate to acuminate at apex, 2.5 - 13 x 1 - 5.5 cm, coriaceous, chartaceous or
sometimes membranous, often glaucous beneath, glabrous or sparsely puberulous on midrib
above, glabrous or tomentellous to sparsely pilose (on major nerves) or pubescent beneath;
lateral nerves 7 - 14 pairs, terminating at margins into the marginal vein; petioles 2 - 6 mm long;
stipules linear-lanceolate, 3 – 5 x 0.5 1.2 mm, caducous. Inflorescences arising on main leafy
branches, unisexual, ca 10-flowered, ca 5 mm in diam. Male flowers: sessile; calyx ca 3 mm in
diam.; sepals triangular, ca 1 x 0.6 mm, glabrous; petals spathulate to orbicular-obovate, ca 0.5
mm long; disc discoid, ca 1 mm in diam.; staminal column ca 0.6 mm long; filaments ca 0.5 mm
long; anthers ellipsoid-oblong, ca 0.5 mm long; pistillode conical ovoid, ca 0.5 mm long. Female
flowers: sessile; calyx 3 - 4 mm in diam.; sepals triangular, 1 - 1.5 x 0.8 - 1 mm, glabrous; petals
orbicular-obovate or suborbicular, ca 0.5 x 0.5 mm; outer disc ca 2 mm across; inner disc cupular,
ca 0.6 mm long; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., glabrous, 2-locular; styles ca 0.5 mm long,
free, deeply bifid. Fruits sessile, globose or subglobose, 4.5 - 7 mm in diam., 2-locular, 2-seeded,
slightly bilobed, glabrous.
