A small or medium-sized tree, up to 20 m tall, with rounded crown and horizontal or drooping branches, grey or dark brown bark, exuding yellow gum, dark green and shining, elliptic obovate leaves, white, pale white or pale green male flowers, 3-5 in short, axillary fascicles; bisexual flowers 1-3 in terminal and axillary fascicles, larger than male flowers, yellow or red globose fruits containing 6-8 ovoid, compressed, pale brown, veined seeds surrounded by succulent white or red aril.

ulcers, inflammation, bleeding, diarrhoea, dysentery, rickets, enlargement of spleen, as purgative, purgative