Moderate-sized or small deciduous tree, up to 10 m tall; tender parts hirsute-pubescent; bark white or pale grey. Leaves unsymmetric, ovate or ovate-oblong, 8-18 x 5-8 cm, apically obtuse or obtusely acute, basally cuneate, margin entire, sparsely hirsute above, thinly pubescent below; petiole up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers white, scented, in terminal, unilateral cymes; peduncle up to 4 cm long; calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, 2.5 mm, thick-herbaceous, thinly pubescent without, corolla white, lobes 5, broadly oblong, obtuse; stamens 5, filaments 5 mm, anthers 1.5 mm; ovary globose, style divided from near the middle. Drupe globose with 4 pyrenes, red when ripe.
Habitat; Common in deciduous forests.
Fl. & Fr.: Sept. Apr.
Pc: © Sonu Kumar
Source: Foi,efoi, powo, iNat, ibp

• Habit: Shrub & Tree ; Plant Height: 22 ft ; Habitat: Xerophyte & Mesophyte ; Root: Tap root ; Leaf Type: Simple ; Leaf Shape: Oblong & Elliptic & Ovate ; Leaf margins: Entire ; Leaf Arrangement: Alternate ; Leaf Size: 3–6 × 6–12 cm ; Leaf Features: Glossy ; Inflorescence Type: Dichasial cyme ; Flower Color: White ; Flower Petals: Fused ; Fruit Type: Berry ; Fruit Colour: Yellow & Orange