it can measure 30 m in height and one metre in diameter. the trunk is straight and branched, and the bark is gray with longitudinal fissures. leaves are opposite and subopposite, elliptical to aovate-elliptical, and they have entire margins; they are glossy green above and glaucous below. the apex is rounded or slightly emarginated and the base is lightly wedge-shaped. the leaves are about 3-7.5 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, with pubescent petioles 2–5 mm long. the hermaphrodite flowers are arranged in inflorescences about 5–6 cm long. the pedicelate flowers are 4–6 mm and greenish-yellow in color. the fruit is a green, globose drupe with a single seed, 1.5–2 cm in diameter, with a point at the apex.