Large tree 60-75 m height with diam. to 240 cm. Trunk with peeling bark, revealing streaks of pale green, red, orange, gray and purplish brown. Leaves oppositely arranged, 7.5-10 cm long, elliptic. Flowers arranged in a branched inflorescence in leaf axils or on the end of branches, white to pale yellow. Fruit is a woody capsule with 3 or 4 valves at the rim.