Trees, to 13 m tall. Branchlets yellowish white when dried, densely yellowish stellate puberulent. Petiole 1-3.5 cm, slightly swollen at both ends, stellate tomentose, glabrescent; leaf blade oblong-ovate, 10-15 × 3.5-5.5 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 6-8 on each side of midrib, base unequally cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence paniculate, ca. 4 cm, densely flowered, yellowish brown stellate puberulent. Mature flowers unknown; bud globose. Capsule oblong-pyriform, rugose. Seeds 2.5-3.2 cm including wing, wing brown, oblong-obtuse, ca. 2 × 1 cm, apex obtuse. Fl. May-Jun, Dec, fr. Jan, Jun-Aug, Nov-Dec.

● Open forests. Guangdong (Luofu Shan), Hainan.