Tree up to 30 m high and 100 cm Ø. Leaves, subcoriaceous, or coriaceous, elliptic or broadly elliptic, elliptic-or obovate-oblong, 5-23 by 2½-9 cm; base cuneate or obtuse; apex acute, rarely cuspidate or obtuse; nerves 6-16 pairs, elevated on both surfaces; veins reticulate, distinct below and faint or obscure above; petiole (½-)l-3(-6) cm, convex beneath, concave above. Panicles terminal and also in the apical leaf axils, 10-24 cm long, puberulous, crowded at the apex of twigs with the appearance of fascicles, laxly flowered; floral bracts ovate, 2 mm long; pedicels c. ½ mm. Flowers cream-white. Calyx 4-(rarely 5-)lobed, lobes broadly ovate, 1½-2 mm long, puberulous outside. Petals 4 (rarely 5), lanceolate (sometimes ovate when young), 2-3 by ½4-1½45 mm; ridges 3(-5), ½-⅔ the length of petals, confluent at the base. Disk short-cupular, c. 1 mm high, 1½ mm wide, 2-4-lobed, papillose. Stamens 4 (rarely 5), 1 fertile, l-2½ mm; filaments free; anthers ovoid, ½-⅔ mm long; staminodes up to ½ mm. Ovary subglobose, c. 1½ mm ø; style excentric, 1½ mm. Sterile pistil in ♂ ½ mm. Drupe (fresh) ( CORNER Ways. Trees 1 1940 111 ) yellow to rose red and finally blackish, broadly ellipsoid or obovoid, 2½-3½ by 1½-2½ cm; flesh pale orange yellow, rather watery, fibrous, sour-sweet. Seed not labyrinthine.
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A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The trunk is 100 cm across. The leaves are oblong and 5-23 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. They are rough. The leaf stalk is 0.5-6 cm long. The flowering stalks are 10-24 cm long. The flowers are creamy-white. The fruit are a fattened oval shape. They are 2.5-3.5 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. They are yellow or reddish. They turn black as they ripen. The flesh is pale orange or yellow. They are juicy and fibrous.
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