Tall shrub or small tree, 1–8 m high. Leaves glabrous or with a few scattered short simple hairs on lower surface; petiole 5–12 mm long; lamina ovate, obovate, narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, 6–15 cm long, 1–8 cm wide, attenuate to rounded at base, mostly distantly toothed, acute, sometimes bluntly so, coriaceous; midrib prominent on both surfaces. Male inflorescence axillary, 2–2.5 cm long, 7–9-flowered; pedicels 4–10 mm long, sparsely minutely pubescent. Male flowers globose, 2–4 mm diam.; tepals 6, with 2 pairs around ostiole, and a third lower on receptacle, glabrous; stamens as 3 or 4 pairs; filaments short, 0.5 mm long. Female inflorescence terminal or axillary, 2.5–3 cm long, 5–9-flowered; pedicels 5–10 mm long, sparsely minutely pubescent. Female flowers globose or depressed-globose, 4–6 mm diam.; outer tepals as 2 pairs; carpels 20–40; ovary pubescent; stigma hemispherical to conical. Fruiting receptacle pale yellow to mid orange. Drupes ovoid, 12–15 mm long, 8–10 mm wide, glossy bluish black or glossy black.
Grows in rainforest from the coast to nearby ranges, sometimes in disturbed areas, from sea-level to 900 m.
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