Small understory tree of the rainforest. Often riparian. Leaf with a 2 – 4 mm long petiole; blade quite variable but with 4 – 8 pairs of laterals, the lowest pair very ascending from (close to) the base (tri-nerved); edge of lamina running into wrapped up edges of petiole channel. Twigs more or less zigzagged. Blade elliptic, obovate, oblanceolate, with entire margin. Tip (long) acuminate, base obtuse/cuneate.