Tree up to 29 m high and 55 cm Ø, once recorded 100 cm ø (BEGUIN 485, BO). Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, ovate-oblong, or obovate-oblong, 5½-11(-15½) by 2-4(-6)cm; base cuneate or obtuse; apex acuminate, rarely obtuse; nerves 6-10 pairs, slightly elevated beneath, rather faint above; veins obscure, sometimes reticulate and distinct beneath; petiole ½-2(-6) cm, convex beneath, bicanalicu-late or flat above. Panicles axillary only, often in several successive leaf axils, up to 7 cm long, puberulous; lateral branches up to 2½ cm long, laxly flowered; floral bracts caducous, not seen; pedicels ⅔ mm. Flowers greenish white or white. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, l½- long, sparsely puberulous outside. Petals 4, lanceolate, 3-4½ by 1 mm; ridges 3, half the length of petals, confluent at the basal part. Disk short-cupular, c. ½ mm high, 1½45 mm wide, 4-lobed, papillose. Stamens 4, 1 fertile, 2-4 mm; filaments free; anthers ovoid, ½-⅔ mm long; staminodes up to 2 mm. Ovary subglobose, c. 1 mm ø; style 3½ mm, excentric. Drupe (dried) broadly ellipsoid, 3½ by 2 cm. Seed not labyrinthine.
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A tree. It grows about 30 m tall. The leaves are alternate and simple. The flowers are 3.5 mm across They are white and in groups. The fruit are 3 cm across. They are green to brown. They are fleshy.
A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres. Usually in mixed dipterocarp forest on hillsides and ridges, but also found in peat swamp, freshwater swamp and keranga forests. Usually on sandy soils, also on ultrabasic.
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In forest on dryland or in temporarily (peat-water-)inundated areas, chiefly occurring a few metres above sea-level, sometimes up to 60 m. Fl.--10.; fr.--11.
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,500 m above sea level. It grows on hillsides and can be in swamps. It is usually on sandy soil.
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