Dioecious tree, growing according to Rauh's architectural model, 3-10m tall, withstraight trunk, usually branches near the base. Leaves distichous, oblong-lanceolate,19-25cm x 4-10cm, base obtuse or rounded, apex acuminate or obtuse, entire,coriaceous, shiny, midribs strongly prominent below; petiole up to 1cm long.Inflorescences terminal or axillary, narrowly spicate or racemose, many-flowered, 6-20cm long; male flowers sessile, calyx cupular with 3-4 short, rounded, ciliate lobes,ca. 1mm x 2mm, stamen 3-4, reddish, ovary rudimentary on a fleshy disk; femaleflowers pedicelled, calyx 1mm x 2mm, persistent, ovary ovoid, stigmas 3-4, dishsmall; in female trees often a large proportion of the flowers is perfect. Fruit a globoseor ovoid drupe, 8-10mm in diameter, yellowish-red to bluish-violet, juicy. Seedsovoid-oblong, 6-8mm x 4.5-5.5mm (Indonesia)