Tree to 30 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs fluted, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 8–17 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 7.3–15 cm long, 2.5–5.5 cm wide, penniveined, tending tripliveined, glaucous and tomentose below. Inflorescence ± exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, perfumed. Perianth tube 1.2–2.9 mm long, 1.7–2 mm wide, mainly glabrescent. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.8–2.5 mm long, 1.4–1.7 mm wide, inner 1.6–2.3 mm long, 1.3–1.6 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–1 mm long. Inner anthers 0.7–1 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.6–1 mm long. Ovary 0.9–1.2 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular to depressed-globular, 14–15 mm long, 16–17 mm wide, black to purple. Cotyledons creamy white.
Well-developed mountain rain forests, most commonly in soils derived from granite; at elevations from 750-1,150 metres.
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Grows in mountain rainforests, most commonly in soils derived from granite; at 750–1150 m alt.
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