Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literatures
| Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark lenticellate. |
| Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent, lenticellate. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, distichous, sometimes subopposite; petiole 0.6-1.3 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 5.5-11 x 3-4 cm, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, apex gradually tapering to acuminate with mucronate tip, base attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 5-9 pairs, slender; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence terminal thyrsoid panicles, pubescent, up to 20 cm long; flowers white, fragrant. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, oblong, ca. 1 cm long, dark purple; seeds 1-3. |