Evergreen tree, up to 10m tall and 50cm trunk diameter, often low branching and witha dense crown of wide-spreading branches; stem terete, sometimes quadrangularwhen young, generally twisted at the base, with brown, furrowed, smooth bark.Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 9-26cm x 1.5-6cm, thinly coriaceous, cuneate atbase, acuminate at apex, glossy dark-green above, lighter green and obscurelygladular punctate beneath, petiole 5-6(-13)mm Inflorescences short terminal oraxillary corymbs, 5-10cm long, 4-5 flowered.; flowers large, 5-10cm wide, white togreenish-white; calyx lobes 4, suborbicular, up to 10mm x 7mm; petals 4, suborbicustatement about 400, up to 4cm long; style up to 4cm long; pedicel up to 1.5cmdiameter, crowned by persentent calyx and style, whitish-yellow, sometimes pinkblushed, fragrant; pericarp fleshy, yellow pink. Seeds 1-2, subglobose, 1-1.6cmdiameter, brown, rough coated, polyembryonic. (Indonesia)