It branches horizontally to form an oblong, narrow, open crown. Leaves Leaves are simple, alternate, and persistent. Leaf bases are wedge-shaped. Leaf margins are entire or remotely serrate, and somewhat wavy. Leaf surfaces are lustrous dark green above, paler below.
Petioles are short, stout, and orange.
The flowers are perfect, on short stalks. The pit is ovoid, acute, with a rounded base and a prominent dorsal groove. The twigs are slender, glabrous, red to gray-brown. The pith is homogeneous. The bark is thin, smooth, gray, becoming irregularly roughened.