Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs ± terete, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 6–21 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate to oblong, 6.5–16 cm long, 2–5.5 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence axillary and pseudoterminal, c. same length as leaves. Flowers opening quite widely with tepals erect, pale green, yellowish, perfumed. Tepals 1.6–2.2 mm long, 0.9–1.2 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially. Anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially; filaments 0.4–0.5 mm long, pubescent; valves opening upwards, outwards, and sideways; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, c. 40 mm long, 23–27 mm wide, black. Cotyledons pink, sometimes mauve or burgundy.
Rain forests in soils derived from a variety of rock types, but probably reaching its best development in mountain rainforests in soils derived from granite; at elevations from 150-1,200 metres.
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Grows in rainforests in soils derived from a variety of rock types but probably reaches its best development in mountain rainforests in soils derived from granite; at 150–1200 m alt.
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