Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf

Shrub or small tree 1.5–8 m high; trunk very slender, smooth; bark and branches smooth.. Leaves opposite, petiolate; blade elliptic to oblong, 5–17 cm long, 1.8–7.2 cm wide, apex acuminate with acumen 10–22 mm long, acute or cuneate at the base; petiole 4–11(–14) mm long.. Inflorescence axillary, sometimes terminal at the same time, 1.5–2.5 cm long, 10(–15)-flowered.. Flowers very fragrant; sepals ovate, up to 2.8 mm long; corolla pure white; tube (9.2–)10–15 mm long; lobes narrowly oblong to broadly ovate, 5–10.5 mm long, 1.5–5.5 mm wide; stamens inserted at 7.5–12 mm from the base; pistil 7.5–12.5 mm long; style 5.5–11 mm long; pistil-head oblong or ellipsoid; ovules 2 in each carpel.. Fruits of 2 separate mericarps, these obovoid or ellipsoid, 11–18 mm long, 7–12 mm wide, rounded at the apex.. Seeds ellipsoid, oblong or subglobose, 9–11 mm long, 3–7 mm in diameter.

An understorey plant in dense rainforest.

Can be grown by seedlings.