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The fruit stones were used by native Australians for necklaces, and the natives were known to make an edible paste of the ripe fruit by squashing them into a bark trough filled with water.
China (Yunnan, Guangxi) to Malaysia and Southwest Pacific.
Thrives in broad-leaved mountain and valley rain forests, at an elevation of 400-1300 m.
It is a fast growing large spreading distinctive rainforest tree growing to 35 m tall.
Stem is brown-gray, with yellowish-brown, villous branchlets.
Leaves are alternately arranged, oblong-elliptical, 10-18 cm long, have shallow, toothed margins. Leaves are dark green above.
Flowers are greenish or white, bell-shaped, with 5 fringed petals, in numerous racemes borne along branches from leaf scars.
Fruit is metallic blue, 3 cm in diameter, which contain a hard pitted centre.
Flowering: August – September,
Fruiting: September – November.