Tree up to 20 m high and 26 cm ø. Bark grey, smooth. Young foliage intensely violet. Leaves subcoriaceous or coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 6-17½ by 2-6½ cm, glabrous; base attenuate or acute; apex acuminate; nerves 7-14 pairs, slightly elevated on both surfaces; veins reticulate, distinct on both surfaces; petiole (¾-)1½-4(-6½) cm. Panicles 4-7 cm long, sparsely puberulous; pedicels 4-7 mm, not articulated. Flower-buds ellipsoid, 5-7½ by 2-3½ mm, obtuse. Calyx red or pink, 5-7½ mm long, bursting irregularly, glabrous, very rarely sparsely puberulous outside. Petals white, imbricate, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, 11-15 by 1¾-2 mm, glabrous, except the ciliate margin and papillose at the central part inside; the central part of the basal 4½-5½ mm longitudinally adnate to the torus. Stamens 5, 6-7½ mm; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong, c. 1 mm long. Torus cylindric, 5-6 mm long. Ovary subglobose or obliquely ovoid, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous; stipe c. 1 mm; style lateral, 5-9 mm. Drupe on a lateral stalk (c. ¾ cm), obliquely ovoid or broadly ellipsoid, rather flat, blackish, 3½-5½ by 3-4½ by 1¾-3 cm, smooth, blackish; without enlarged petals; embryo similar the drupe in shape, 2½-372 by 2-3 by 1½-2 cm; cotyledons incompletely fused, free on one side, free part 1½-2½ cm deep.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk can be 26 cm across. The ark is grey and smooth. The new leaves are intense violet colour. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 6-18 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The flower petals are white. The fruit are black and 4-5 cm long by 3-4 cm wide.
Lowland forest, up to 300 m. Young foliage is intensely violet (CORNER, l.e.). Fl. July, Sept., Dec.-Febr.; fr. Febr., March, Oct.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests up to 600 m above sea level.
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