Tree to 35 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–14 mm long; lamina elliptic to ovate, 6–11 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, not foveolate, green below, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence axillary, sometimes pseudoterminal, exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals ± horizontal, creamy yellow, ± perfumed. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.6–2 mm long, 1.1–1.4 mm wide; inner 1.2–2.2 mm long, 0.9–1.5 mm wide. Anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous apically, pubescent basally; filaments 0.2–0.4 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, sessile or shortly stalked, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 37–54 mm long, 22–28.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons creamy pink.
Well-developed rain forests, in soils derived from a variety of rock types, but reaching its best development in soils derived from basalt; at elevations from 140-1,000 metres.
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Grows in rainforest in soils derived from a variety of rock types, but reaching best development in soils derived from basalt; from 140–1000 m alt.