Evergreen much-branched shrub, undershrub or small tree 0.9–9 m. tall, with straight bole and regular conical crown or sometimes much larger (fide A.S. Thomas and F.P.S.) up to 18 m. tall with spreading crown and trunk to 60 cm. in diameter at the base; branches pendulous; young twigs compressed; bark grey or brown, scaly, warted; slash pale pink, vertically streaked, turning darker later.. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5–18 cm. long, 2.5–7.7 cm. wide, acute to shortly acuminate at the apex, the actual tip obtuse, cuneate at the base, dark green and shining above, often drying brownish beneath, ± coriaceous; lateral nerves 12–15, the venation reticulate and prominent on both surfaces; petiole 0.5–1.3 cm. long, channelled above; stipules triangular, keeled, 2–5 mm. long.. Flowers fragrant, 1–4 in the axils of leaves or stipule-like bracts, often aggregated into an apparently terminal leafless inflorescence up to 3 cm. long below the terminal bud which develops later; pedicels (0.3–)0.6–1.3 cm. long.. Calyx 2–3 mm. long, lobed ± 1/2 its length, the lobes triangular.. Petals white or pinkish white, oblong, (4–)5–7 mm. long, clawed, soon falling, the nectary 1/3 the length of the petals.. Short-styled flowers: stamens equal, 3–6 mm. long, the staminal cup ± 1.5 mm. long, with 1–2 teeth between each pair of filaments; ovary 2 mm. long, not or scarcely overtopping the staminal cup; styles 2–3, 1.5–2.5 mm. long.. Long-styled flowers: stamens equal, 3 mm. long; styles 5 mm. long.. Drupes red or orange-red, oblong to oblong-ovoid, 1.5–1.9 cm. long; pedicels 1.1–2.5 cm. long.
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