| General Description | Occupying an area of only 140 km, this species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. |
| Habitat | Mixed forests at an altitude of 1,000 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Rough, blackish-brown in colour with glabrous branchlets purplish green in colour in their youth maturing to a blackish-grey or blackish-brown colour. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Ovoid winter buds with yellowish brown scales. |
| Leaf Description | Elliptic to elliptic-oblong, greyish-green graduating to a dark shiny green, thick and tough with a cuneate base, 8-14 x 3.5-6 cm. |
| Flower Description | Yellow flowers with 5 petals and 8 stamens, 3.3-4 mm. |
| Fruit Description | Yellowish-purple fruit produced in September. Nutlets with spreading wings, 2.8-3.2 cm. |