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Tree to 30 (–40) m high, deciduous. Branchlets appressed pubescent. Leaves not crowded; lamina obovate, rarely elliptic, 6–13.5 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, 1.7–3 times as long as wide, cuneate or attenuate at base, obtuse or shortly obtusely acuminate at apex, discolorous, shiny above, sparsely pubescent, becoming glabrous or almost so on one or both surfaces; domatia small; petiole 4–12 mm long. Spike dense or open, shorter or longer than leaves. Flowers 3–4 mm long, c. 5 mm diam. Calyx sericeous outside, usually glabrous inside; lobes triangular, c. 2 mm long and wide. Staminal filaments 2–3 mm long. Disc villous. Style villous. Fruit ovoid, slightly compressed, obscurely angled, 1.3–1.8 cm long, c. 1 cm wide, sparsely sericeous or glabrous, succulent, red or purple; immature fruit compressed, apiculate, sericeous.
A large tree. It grows 12-30 m high. The trunk can be 1 m across. The branches spread widely. It can have buttresses 4 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are bunched near the ends of the twigs. The leaves are smooth and pointed at both ends. They are 6-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are yellowish white, on slender flower stalks which grow from the axils of leaves. The fruit are about 3 cm across, smooth, dark red and fleshy.
