[2] Aruna Weerasooriya and Richard Saunders, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after Floyd Alonzo McClure of Lingnan University (formerly Canton Christian College), who collected the holotype specimen that they examined.

The upper side of the leaves are glossy and hairless, while the undersides are covered in sparse, fine hairs.

The flowers occur in groups of 3 or fewer on a rachis positioned opposite leaves.

Its fruit occur in clusters of up to 6 on woody pedicels that are 13 by 4 millimeters and covered in sparse, fine hairs.

The fruit are attached to the pedicel by stipes that are 14-18 by 3.5-4 millimeters and covered in sparse, brown, fine hairs.

[6] It has been observed growing in forests, often near rivers, with limestone soil at elevations of 800 meters.