Bark smooth yellowish-grey

Leaves broad elliptic to elliptic-oblong, thick-coriaceous, glabrous, (8-)12-16(-19) by (5-)8-10 (-12) cm, index (1¼ —)1½ (—2); Stipules ovate, thick, glabrous, peltately attached and overlapping, c. 5-10 by 3-5 mm.

Inflorescences ♂ or ♂ ⚥, much-branched panicles or racemose, up to 150-flowered, up to 10 cm long, axillary or sub-terminal, including the bracts sparsely puberulous, glabrescent; Flowers 5-merous. Fruit globose, glabrous, 16-20 by 14-18 mm, ± terete, reddish-brown when ripe;

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a nursery seedbed in a sunny position. A high germination rate can be expected, with the seeds sprouting within 28 - 42 days. The seedlings grow away quickly