Tree or shrub to 10 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs ± terete, soon glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 4–6 mm long; lamina elliptic, 6.5–12 cm long, 2–4.5 cm wide, penniveined, green below, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence mainly pseudoterminal, c. same length as leaves. Flowers creamy green, perfumed. Perianth tube 1.5–1.6 mm long, 1.3–1.5 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals c. 1.5 mm long, 1.1–1.4 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially. Outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous, or few hairs abaxially; filaments 0.5 mm long. Inner anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous, or few hairs adaxially; filaments 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1.1–1.2 mm long, c. 0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, ellipsoidal, 14–16 mm long, 11–12 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
Grows in rainforests, particularly in more seasonal areas where there is a long period of water stress each year, in soils derived from a variety of rock types; from 50–200 m alt.
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