Tree 8-24 m, bole up to 10-15 m; branchlets glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptic-oblong, very shortly acuminate, apex obtuse, cuneate into a very short petiole, coriaceous, dark olivaceous-brownish when dry, shining on both faces especially above, glabrous, entire, (13-) 15-22 by (6½-)7-11 cm; midrib thick, prominent on both faces especially beneath, nerves 6-7 pairs curved-ascending, indistinctly inarched near the edge, it manifestly prominent above, always distinctly so beneath, reticulations very dense finely raised on both faces, especially beneath; petiole stout, 2-4(-6) by 3-4 mm. Racemes probably axillary, rather slender, c. 16 cm, laxly set with flowers; rhachis c. 1 1/3 mm diam., terete, laxly covered with fine, short, appressed, rufescent hairs as are the pedicels, the latter solitary or in pairs, connate at the base, rather slender, 3-4 mm. Perianth said to be sparsely hairy and 9 mm long. Disk glands broadly ovate, free, close. Ovary glabrous. Fruit obliquely obovoid-ellipsoid, not beaked, 3-4 by c. 2.5 cm.
Slopes and ridges in primary and secondary rain forest, at elevations up to 800 metres. Rain-forest, on coral limestone outcrops, on deep volcanic soil, or on slopes of an iron stone-gravel capped ridge; at elevations up to 500 metres.
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In rain-forest, on coral limestone outcrops (Jacquinot Bay), on deep volcanic soil (Open Bay), or on slopes of an iron stone-gravel capped ridge (Milne Bay), from the lowland up to 500 m. FL--08, fr.--06.
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