Tree to 30 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete or ± fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–17 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate, 7–16.5 cm long, 2.7–7.5 cm wide, not foveolate, green below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence axillary, sometimes pseudoterminal, not exceeding leaves. Flowers not opening widely, with tepals remaining erect, cream, perfumed. Tepals glabrous abaxially, hairy adaxially: outer 1.2–2.1 mm long, 1.2–2 mm wide; inner 1.5–2 mm long, 1.6–1.8 mm wide. Anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.1–0.3 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands up to 6, distinct or sometimes fused forming 3 masses. Staminodes usually 3, undifferentiated. Ovary 0.6–1 mm long, 0.6–1.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 34–60 mm long, 33–60 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream, with pinkish margins.
In northern Queensland it is found in lowland rainforests from sea level to 360 m alt. In the southern part of its range it usually grows as an open tree on alluvial flats in former rainforest sites, but is also found in hillside situations in better soils.
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