Treelet or tree, (2.5-)6-15(-20) m, bole up to 10 m and 20 cm Ø; bark smooth, brownish-grey, shallowly lengthwise fissured. Branchlets with pustules on older parts. Leaves variable in shape and size, oblong to subobovate-oblong, sometimes obovate, short-acuminate or obtusely apiculate, rarely rounded, base cuneate, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, smooth, i.e. practically not tubercled, a little shining above, dull beneath both in the fresh and dry state, (6-)8-12.5(-14) by (2-)2.5-4 (rarely-7) cm, nerves c. 15 pairs, with other shorter ones between, rather straight and sub-parallel, very slightly prominent on both faces, or not rarely almost obscure beneath, similar to those of S. secundiflorus var. secundiflorus, re-ticulation of veins faintly visible above only, or obscure at all; petiole 1-1.5(-1.8) cm by (1-)1.5-2 (rarely-2.5) mm. Peduncle of the umbel-like inflorescence generally rather slender (1 mm, rarely up to 2 mm Ø), 1-2 cm long, with 3-5 branchlets of the umbel (2-)3-10 mm long, each bearing (3-)4-6 flowers crowded at the very end, the flowers seemingly on top of the peduncle when the branches of the umbel are very short; bracts at the base of the umbel ovate-oblong or broadly linear, obtuse, persisting during anthesis only, c. 2 by 2 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, c. 2 mm, rather deeply and obtusely lobed. Petals (2.5-)3(-4) mm, white-yellowish to dull pink, fragrant. Disk cup-shaped. Drupe subovoid-oblongoid, attenuate and sometimes a little curved distally, 4.5-5 by (1-)1.5-2.2 cm, pink or pale brown below, merging into pale green in the upper part.
Primary rain-forest, also bamboo forest, generally in lowland up to 150 m, more rarely on hillside or ridge tops up to 1370 m, never in peat swamp forest, apparently on fertile soil, but once reported from Shorea materialis heath forest in Trengganu; scattered. Fl. fr. Jan.-Dec.
Uses. Apparently not used, possibly due to the small size of the trees, contrary to most other species of the genus, which reach fair dimensions.
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