Shrub or tree to 10 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs fluted or angular, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 5–13 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 6–13.5 cm long, 1.2–5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence a panicle, or ± compound cyme, mainly axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, without perfume. Perianth tube 1.4–1.6 mm long, 1.7–1.8 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals 1.5–2 mm long, 0.9–1.5 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers c. 0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, few hairs abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, pubescent, or glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Ovary 1.1–1.6 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent; style pubescent. Fruit ellipsoidal, 17–25 mm long, 11–17.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
Grows in rainforests, particularly rainforest margins, usually in poorer soils derived from sedimentary and acid volcanic rocks; from 150–900 m alt.
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