Description

Evergreen tree, up to 18 m tall. Trunks are short, often twisted, occasionally multi stemmed. Bark reddish brown to dark grey, with shallow grooves or deeply fissured, ridged and scaly, exuding yellow or red resinous latex when cut. Leaves are simple, in whorls of 3, coriaceous, brittle, variable in shape, lanceolate or oblanceolate to oblong or obovate, glabrous, base broadly cuneate, rounded or cordate, apex acute to rounded, margin crenate or entire. Inflorescence a fascicle. Flowers polygamous, white or pale to yellowish green. Fruits ovoid to round berries, orange yellow, reddish, or purple; 1-2 seeded. Seeds are creamy brown.