Shrub or tree to 10 (–20) m high. Shoots and branchlets appressed-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 1.5–3 mm long; lamina narrowly ovate, 2.5–9.6 cm long, 0.9–4.3 cm wide, obtuse at base, acuminate or acute at apex, glabrous above, glabrescent below; secondary veins 7–13 pairs. Flowers solitary, rarely a pair [inflorescence 1–4-flowered, fide Zich et al., 2020], axillary. Pedicel (4–) 7–8 mm (11 mm spirit preserved) long, sparsely puberulous; bracts basal, 3–5, ovate, (0.7–) 1.5–2 mm long. Sepals depressed-ovate to ovate, (1–) 1.8–2.3 (–3) mm long, (1–) 2.5–3.7 mm wide, sparsely puberulous outside. Petals 6, ovate (or triangular-ovate or ovate to elliptic), pale yellow to creamy yellow. Outer petals 3, spreading or recurved, 9–9.5 mm (14–18 mm spirit preserved) long, 6.6–7.2 mm (8–11 mm spirit preserved) wide [c. 5–22 × 3–8 mm, fide Zich et al., 2020], flat, puberulous. Inner petals 3, slightly recurved at tip, 8–8.5 mm (11–14 mm spirit preserved) long, 6–6.5 mm (7–9 mm spirit preserved) wide [c. 5–16 × 3–6.5 mm, fide Zich et al., 2020], puberulous outside and near tip inside, elsewhere on inside concave, grooved, warted and glabrous. Stamens 50–55, c. 1.5 mm long [c. 28, c. 1.2–2 mm long, fide Zich et al., 2020]. Carpels mostly 3 or 4; ovary c. 2 mm long; ovules up to 9 [ovaries 2–14, densely hairy; ovules 6 or 7 per ovary, fide Zich et al., 2020]. Apocarps subglobular to ovoid to obloid or shortly cylindrical, (1.2–) 2.5–3.5 cm long, 1–1.6 cm wide, smooth, orange to red when ripe, glabrescent; stipe 1–4 (–5) mm. Seeds 1–9.
Grows in drier types of rainforest and monsoon forest (Zich et al., 2020). Rocky sites, creek beds and deep gorges in the Kimberley (FloraBase, accessed 10 June 2021).
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