Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6m, resinous, densely leafy. Bark charcoal-grey to brown, smooth. Leaves alternate, elliptic to oblong, glossy-green, margins toothed, leaf-stalk up to 2cm long. Flowers small, white to yellowish, male in terminal panicles, female in dense, antler-like structures formed from bracts; male and female flowers on separate plants.

Fruit oval, compressed, hard, slightly winged, about 4-5mm in diameter in tight panicles of congested fruits.