Shrub, or tree to 35 m high. Leaves: petiole narrowly canaliculate (only in broad-leaved plants) to broadly canaliculate, 0.3–3 cm long; lamina ovate to elliptic, or narrowly so, in larger leaves 4–15 cm long, 1–7 cm wide, 1.5–8 times longer than wide, narrowly obtuse or acute to acuminate. Inflorescences 2–18 cm long. Flowers glabrous throughout or sepals and ovary puberulous. Hilum extending for full length of seed.
Grows in rain forest, woodland, and dry scrub, near sea level to 880 m altitude.