Tree to 30 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs angular, soon ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–9 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 5.5–10 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, soon ± glabrescent. Inflorescence mainly axillary, usually not exceeding leaves. Flowers cream, pale green, ± perfumed. Perianth tube 1–1.5 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide, inner surface glabrous. Tepals 1.3–1.9 mm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.2–0.4 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments 0.5–0.8 mm long. Ovary 0.8–1 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit laterally compressed, bilobed, ribbed, 12–21 mm long, 13–25 mm wide, black. Cotyledons creamy yellow.
Rain forests, usually in poorer soils derived from sedimentary and acid volcanic rocks; at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres.
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Grows in rainforests, usually in poorer soils derived from sedimentary and acid volcanic rocks; from sea level to 1000 m alt.
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