Tree grows up to 30m high with a girth of 2.4m.; Bark is brown, rough, and lenticelled. Inner bark is pale yellow. Blade is ovate elliptic, thinly leathery, and 6.5cm × 3cm – 19cm × 8.5 cm. and shows 5–7 pairs of secondary nerves. Petiole is 1–5.5cm long and kneed. Inflorescences are axillary racemes, which are 2.5–12cm long. Flowers are 5-merous, 0.5cm long, comprise 25 stamens, and have a hairy ovary. Fruits are smooth, glabrous, ellipsoid, narrowed at basal end, and contain a rugose of 3cm × 2.5cm stone.

Used as a mouthwash for painful and inflamed gums (infusion of bark and leaves)

Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:89, CRC Press, June 2006