Tree to 35 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs ± fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 6–18 mm long; lamina ovate to elliptic, 3.5–11 cm long, 2–5.5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence usually not exceeding leaves. Flowers cream, greenish, ± perfumed. Perianth tube 0.8–1.4 mm long, 1.3–1.7 mm wide, inner surface pubescent only towards apex. Tepals 1.4–2.4 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.8 mm long. Inner anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.4–0.9 mm long. Ovary 0.7–1.4 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit wider than long, sometimes bilobed, 15–22 mm long, 22–34 mm wide, black to bluish black. Cotyledons yellowish.
Well-developed mountain rainforests, in soils derived from a variety of rock types; at elevations from 350-1,200 metres.
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Grows in mountain rainforests in soils derived from a variety of rock types; from 350–1200 m alt.
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