Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Small trees up to 6 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark greyish, reticulately fissured when mature. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular, glabrous, yellowish brown. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules broad, interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petioles 0.7-1.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 10-18.5 × 4-6 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous beneath; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 11 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence few flowered cymes, terminal or axillary; flowers white, fragrant; calyx tube 0.6-1.8 mm long; stamens 4. |
| Fruit& seed : | Drupaceous, 1-2 celled; seeds 1-2. |