Trees, not suckering, 60–120 dm, not thorny. Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous. Leaves persistent; petiole 8–16 mm, glabrous, eglandular; blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, 4–10 × 2–4.5(–6.5) cm, base cuneate, obtuse, or nearly rounded, margins undulate, entire, apex acute to acuminate, ?apicula obtuse?, surfaces glabrous, ?abaxial glandular, glands 2, proximal, flat, circular to oval?. Inflorescences 12–30-flowered, racemes; central axes (11–)20–50 mm, ?leafless at bases?. Pedicels (2–)3–6 mm, glabrous. Flowers ?usually bisexual, proximal sometimes staminate?, blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium cupulate, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous externally; sepals spreading, semicircular, 0.5–0.8 mm, margins usually entire, occassionally with a glandular tooth, surfaces glabrous; petals white, obovate to suborbiculate, 1.5 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes purple-black, globose to ± ovoid, 8–12 mm, glabrous; mesocarps leathery; stones subglobose, not flattened.
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A tree. It grows 10-20 m tall. The trunk is twisted.
Semideciduous forest, most commonly in open, secondary formations and only occasionally in the denser primary forest.
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