Tree to 30 m tall. Bark thin, dark grey, persistent, shortly fibrous. Resting leaf buds large, globular, usually not as long as broad; scales rounded, obtuse, ±imbricate; a few apically recurving. Adult leaves with petiole 4-10 mm long; lamina linear, 8-25 cm long, 7-16 mm wide, acute, dark green; midrib slightly raised on upper surface, obtuse; 3 resin ducts present below vascular bundle; upper hypodermis continuous. Male cones cylindrical, 20-30 mm long, 3-4 mm diam., in groups of 1-4, sessile or on peduncles to 1 mm long; microsporophylls loosely imbricate, triangular, to 2 mm long. Female cones of 1 fertile scale with 1 or 2 ovules, solitary, axillary on peduncles 6-9 mm long; receptacle 9-12 mm long, fleshy, red at maturity, with 2 deciduous subtending bracts. Mature seed 10-15 mm long, 7-9 mm diam., dark red.
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A tree. The leaves are tough and narrow. They are 15-25 cm long and hang down. The midrib is raised above the leaf surface. The male cones are 2-6 cm long by 3-5 mm wide. They are usually in clusters of 1-4. The fruit receptacles are large and fleshy They are 15-18 mm long by 16-17 mm wide. The fruit are 10-16 mm long by 7-12 mm wide. The seeds are 9-14 mm long by 6-9 mm wide.
Well developed rainforests on a variety of sites; at elevations from sea level to around 1,000 metres. Coastal flats directly behind the mangroves, along streams, and on low mountain ridges, occasionally in patches of rainforest along streams.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows between sea level and 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in rainforest.
Widespread in subcoastal rainforests; from sea-level to about 600 m altitude.
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