개요 | Evergreen trees, up to 15 m tall. Twigs ashy brown, terete; young twigs yellowish green, glabrous, ridged below petioles; terminal buds 7–13 mm long, narrowly ovoid to subulate, acute to acuminate, often curved at apex, glabrous. Leaves alternate, petioles 0.4–1.0 cm long, glabrous, adaxially sulcate; blades coriaceous, elliptic, 5.0–7.1 × 1.6–3.1 cm, base cuneate to shortly attenuate, apex rounded, obtuse to acuminate, margin recurved, entire or glandular-crenate with teeth 4–10 mm apart; both surfaces glabrous, midrib prominent, nerves 5–8 pairs, slightly prominent. Inflorescence axillary, contracted raceme or spike, 2–5 mm long, axis puberulous; bracts and bracteoles persistent, inside glabrous, outside sparsely appressed pubescent, margin ciliolate; bracts ovate to semiorbicular, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded or obtuse; bracteoles depressed ovate, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded, obtuse or acute. Flowers bisexual, calyx lobes widely ovate to ovate, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded or obtuse, glabrous, ciliolate; corolla white or yellowish-white, 4–8 mm long, 5-lobed, lobes elliptic; stamens 20–30, pentadelphous; disk raised, densely soft pilose; style 3.5–4.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary 3 locular. Fruits bluish black, ellipsoidal, 5.3–10.5 mm long, 4.7–7.7 mm in diameter, excluding blunt beak formed by the persistent calyx lobes |