Tree, sometimes treelet, 4-26½ m high and 3-40 cm Ø, sometimes myrmecophilous. Leaves spaced, spiral, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, 15-22 by 7½-10½ cm; upper surface glabrous; lower surface glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulous, glabrescent; papillae distinct, covering lower surface except the midrib, nerves, and some of the veins; base cuneate; apex acute or acuminate, sometimes obtuse, rarely slightly emarginate; nerves 10-26 pairs, prominent beneath, distinct above; veins reticulate-scalariform, distinct on both surfaces, sometimes faint above; petiole 2-4 cm. Panicles terminal, 10-31(-60) cm long, pubescent, glabrescent; lateral branches obliquely ascending, up to 15(-28)cm; bracts triangular, 1-1½ mm long; pedicels 0-1 mm. Flower-buds globose. Flowers white. Calyx lobes triangular, ¾-l mm long. Petals imbricate, ovate or ovate-oblong, 2 by 1-1¼ mm in ♂ (3½-4½ by 1¼-3 mm in ♀), puberulous outside, with c. 12 rather faint, longitudinal veins. Stamens 2-2½ mm; anthers broad-ovoid, c. ½ mm long. Imperfect or sterile stamens in ♀. c. 2 mm. Disk round, flat, or shallowly dish-shaped, c. 1 mm Ø in ♂ (3½ mm Ø in ♀), covered with inflexed hairs in ♂, velutinous in ♀. Ovary dome-shaped, c. 2½ mm Ø, velutinous; styles c. 1 mm. Drupe broad-obovoid, sometimes transverse-oblong, 2-2¾ by 1¾-3 cm, velutinous, sometimes glabrescent; concave at the top; hypocarp discoid, ½-l by 1-2 cm.
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It grows to a reasonably large tree 30-40 m tall. It can sometimes be a small tree. The trunk can vary between 3 and 40 cm. The leaves are placed in a spiral around the branches. The leaves can be 22 cm long and 10 cm wide. The leaf tapers to the tip and the base is wedge shaped. There are 10-26 pairs of side veins. The leaf stalk can be 4 cm long. The flower clusters are produced at the ends of branches. These can be 10-30 cm long or longer. The side branches of the flower cluster hang downwards. The flowers are white. The fruit is 5-6 cm across, green when young and dark red when ripe. The inside flesh around the seed is purple.
Lowland primary forest, at elevations that sometimes rise to 600 metres. It is occasionally found on level land inundated in the wet season, or in secondary forest at elevations of 15-60 metres.
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In lowland primary forest, sometimes up to 600 m, occasionally found on level land inundated in the wet season, or in secondary forest at 15-60 m. Fl. March-June, Sept.; fr. June-July, Oct.
A tropical plant. It occurs in coastal areas. It occurs from sea level to 600 m altitude.
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