Rhamnidium elaeocarpum Reissek

A small tree. It grows 6-16 m high. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is cracked. The leaves are opposite and oval. The leaf stalk is 1-1.5 cm long. The leaves are 10-12 cm long by 4-4.5 cm wide. They taper to the tip. The veins are easy to see. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. The flowers are white. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone inside. They are oval. The fruit are 9-10 mm across. They are black to purple. There is 1 seed.

Rain forest, high altitude semi-deciduous forest and savannahs. Usually found in stony, fertile soils, it is rare in primary forest formations but found more commonly in open formations.

The ripe fruit are eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed.