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A semi-deciduous tree. It grows up to 8-17 m tall. It has stilt roots. It has branches that point upwards into a bushy crown. The bark is grey and changes from smooth to rough with age. The leaves occur opposite one another along the branch. They are blue-green and thick and leathery. They are about 10 cm long and shiny. The leaf tapers to a long blunt point. The leaf stalk is pink-red and the midrib is pink-yellow on top but clear underneath. The leaf has a smell when crushed. The flowers are creamy white coloured and with many stamens. The flowers have a sweet smell. The flower clusters are up to 15 cm across. They occur on angular square stalks. The fruit is oblong and fleshy. It is about 1.5 cm long by 1 cm wide. The fruit is green at first but becomes purple to black when ripe. The fruit has one seed.
Leaf-lamina 11 x 3–13 x 6 cm., lanceolate, gradually tapered from near the base to a conspicuous, elongate, subcaudate acumen, base cuneate to subtruncate.
Receptacle (including pseudo-pedicel) + calyx 0·4–0·65 cm. long; calyx + upper receptacle 0·2–0·25 cm. long; filaments 0·4–1·1 cm. long.
Fruit c. 1·4 x 1 cm., purple-black, ellipsoid; persistent calyx 0·15 x 0·4 cm.
Medium-sized or tall evergreen tree up to 30 m. tall, but usually smaller.
Fruits dark purple when ripe, said to be edible.
Roots with abundant knee-shaped pneumatophores.
Bark grey, smooth, or rough and flaking.
Tree to 50 ft. high, or perhaps more
Calyx pale green with red margin
Young stems ± terete.
Bole straight.
Stamens white
Stilt roots
