Corpulent tree, evergreen, 5 to 10 m tall. Simple leaves, opposing petioles, 11 cm. long and 7 cm. width, oblong, with whole edge, coriaceous, brilliant. Flowers, 3 to 5 cm long, have 6 thick sepals, 9 stamen, 3 staminates, and capitate stigma. It flowers from March to April. The fruit is a hanging yellowish oval stone fruit. The wood is good and the fruit can be used for hog feed.

Family: Lauráceas

Distribution: Lives in humid places and banks of streams, in the coastal forests of the Aconcagua basin, the provinces of Valparaíso and Santiago. Rare species.