Tree to 30 m high. Stem usually not buttressed. Twigs angular, eventually glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 4–13 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic to ovate, 4.7–14.2 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide, penniveined, green below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, perfumed. Perianth tube 0.9–1.8 mm long, 1.3–1.8 mm wide, inner surface pubescent, or lower half glabrous. Tepals 1.3–1.7 mm long, 0.7–1.1 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.6–0.7 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.9 mm long. Ovary 0.8–1.1 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, sometimes pubescent at apex, otherwise glabrous; style pubescent. Fruit ellipsoidal, 24–30 mm long, 14–20 mm wide, blue-black or black. Cotyledons cream.
Well-developed rain forests, in soils derived from a variety of rock types; at elevations from sea level to 1,250 metres.
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Grows in rainforests in soils derived from a variety of rock types; from sea level to 1250 m alt.