Elaeodendron curtipendulum Endl.

Large shrub or tree to 13 m high. Leaves opposite; lamina elliptic or broadly elliptic, (3–) 4–7 (–8) cm long, (2–) 3–4 (–5) cm wide, acute-cuneate to obtuse at base and attenuate onto petiole, crenate-dentate margin (serrate in juvenile plants), obtuse to rounded at apex, shiny. Inflorescence axillary in upper leaves or terminal, cymose-paniculate, many-flowered. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals 1–1.5 mm long, somewhat persistent. Petals 2–3 mm long, slightly reflexed, green, caducous. Stamens 5; filaments c. 1 mm long; anthers c. 0.25 mm long. Drupe ellipsoidal to obovoid, 1.5–1.8 cm long, somewhat acuminate to sharp, almost black when ripe; endocarp pitted.

At the edges of brackish water. Dense forests at low elevations.

Can be grown by seedlings.