Evergreen tree to 16 m high; bark grey or whitish. Leaves opposite: petiole 5–10 mm long, stout; lamina broadly elliptic to almost oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, 5–12 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, attenuate onto petiole, entire, abruptly acuminate, somewhat coriaceous, shiny dark green above. Inflorescence axillary, decussate-cymose, 2–4 cm long, c. 7–12-flowered. Calyx shallow, less than 1 mm long; lobes broadly, bluntly triangular. Corolla green; lobes oblanceolate, 2 mm long. Stamens 4, subsessile; anthers ellipsoidal, 2 mm long. Ovary conical; style barely differentiated; stigma lobes small, shallow. Drupe ovoid-ellipsoidal, 5.5–6 cm long, with thin flesh, dark blue when ripe, with 1 large seed.