Glabrous trees; twigs slender, much branched. Leaves ovate or oblong, acute at the base, long-acuminate at the apex, 4-8 cm. long and 2-4 cm. wide, membrana-ceous, glabrous, the midrib impressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral nerves up to about 12 pairs, delicate, inconspicuous, arcuate-anastomosing at about 2-4 mm. from the margin; petiole about 4 mm. long. Racemes glabrous or minutely puberulous, axillary, sometimes the flowers partly solitary, the fully developed ra-cemes 7-to 11-flowered, the rhachis 2-3 cm. long, the pedicels filiform, 3-5 (-10) mm. long, the uppermost flower usually sessile. Flowers white, small. Sepals up to 1.5 mm. long. Petals 3 mm. long, not covered by the calyx in the bud. Ovary glabrous, 1 mm. high. Berry globose, 1-seeded, crowned by the small calyx.
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An evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows 3-6 m tall. The fruit are round and about 1 cm across.
Moist or wet thickets or mixed forest, sometimes in pine forest, most frequent at rather low elevations but extending to 1,200 metres and occasionally higher.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist forests. It is usually at low elevations but can be up to 1,200 m above sea level.
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