Trees 3-6 m tall. Leaves 5-11-foliolate; petiolules 2-4 mm; leaflet blades falcately lanceolate to obliquely ovate, 5-12 × 2-4 cm, margin repand, apex acuminate to slightly obtuse. Inflorescences terminal. Flowers globose in bud, fragrant. Calyx lobes ovate, ca. 1 mm. Petals white, oblong, ca. 3 mm. Stamens 8 or 10; filaments slightly expanded in ± their basal half, geniculate. Style slightly shorter than ovary. Fruit pale yellow, globose, 1-2 cm in diam., 1-or 2-seeded. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Aug.
In the understorey of rainforest, on various soil types (including limestone), up to elevations of 1,500 metres.
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