Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5–14 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic to ovate, 5.5–15 cm long, 2–7.5 cm wide, sometimes foveolate, green or slightly glaucous below, pubescent to almost glabrescent at maturity. Inflorescence axillary and pseudoterminal, not exceeding leaves; pedicel 0.3–2.4 mm long. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals remaining ± erect, greenish brown, not perfumed. Tepals pubescent or tomentose: outer 0.9–1.3 mm long, 0.45–2 mm wide; inner 0.8–1.2 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm wide. Anthers 0.35–0.5 mm long, 0.35–0.6 mm wide, pubescent or glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.75 mm long, hairy or glabrous; valve opening inwards (1 valve only); glands 6, distinct, glabrous. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.6–0.7 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit usually ellipsoidal, 30–40 mm long, 15–20 mm wide, shiny black. Cotyledons cream to creamy yellow.
Well-developed rain forests, in soils derived from a variety of rock types; at elevations from 200-1,000 metres.
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