Trees, up to 20 m tall. Bark grayish brown. Young branchlets and terminal buds ferruginous tomentose. Terminal buds ovoid. Leaves opposite or subopposite; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm, ferruginous tomentulose; leaf blade elliptic or oblong, 7-15 × 3.5-6.5 cm, slightly oblique, papery, abaxially ferruginous tomentulose, adaxially always glabrous, midrib abaxially elevated, adaxially impressed, lateral veins 7-11 pairs, veins elevated on both surfaces, base cuneate or rotund, apex shortly acuminate or acuminate with an obtuse acumen. Panicles subterminal, robust, less than 4 cm, ferruginous tomentulose. Fruits black, globose, minutely verruculose, brownish punctate; fruiting pedicels clavate, somewhat ferruginous tomentose. Fl. Sep, fr. Feb of next year.

● Along streamsides, humid shady places in mixed forests. Hainan (Dongfang).