The foliage grey-green, with elliptical leaves 10-15 cm long.

The short stem supports up to three opposing pairs of elliptical or lanceolate leaves.

The specimen used for the description of C. readae is an incomplete simple, elliptical leaf.

It is a tree between 4-14 m tall with simple elliptical leaves 5-11 cm long by 3-5 cm wide.

The flat and elliptical leaves are widest in the middle and can grow up to 12 cm long.

The plant is an evergreen, with stiff, elliptical, glossy leaves.

The elliptical leaves form a basal rosettes around the stem.

Oil dots seen in young growth, the thin elliptical leaves often have a prominent pointed tip.

It has long elliptical leaves and the inner bark is yellow.

It has elliptical leaves that are about 2 cm long.