Tree, up to 30 m, 1 m dbh. Petiole 3-4 mm. Leaf-blade 4.5-11.5 by 2-4.2 cm, papery thin, base nearly cordate to cuneate, apex acuminate to cuspidate; above very dark green, midrib flat to slightly prominent; beneath ± glabrous, concolorous, secondary nerves c. 5-7 pairs; glands very few, up to 3, c. 0.1 mm diam., very indistinct. Flowers unknown. Infructescences short; axes black, glabrous. Fruit globular to more or less pear-shaped, up to 8.5 cm long, strongly wrinkled, when dry black, probably glabrous; pericarp rather thick, hard. Pedicel c. 5 mm, black, glabrous. Seeds 8 or more, like those of 74. X. papuanum, but both layers of the testa much thinner, and albumen forming a thin layer along the outer side of the cotyledons.
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