Antidesma platyphyllum var. platyphyllum is a species of tree that typically ranges in height from 3 to 15 meters. The leaves are simple, alternate, and distichous, with ovate to obovate or sometimes orbicular blades that measure 6 to 19 cm in length and 3 to 10 cm in width. The base of the leaves varies from cuneate to truncate and rarely subcordate, while the surfaces are predominantly glabrous. The upper surfaces of the leaves are often glossy, with the leaves being thick and ranging from chartaceous to coriaceous in texture. The margins of the leaves are entire, and the petioles are curved and glabrous, measuring 1 to 9 mm in length. The stipules are linear-lanceolate, approximately 5 to 6 mm long. It exhibits unisexual flowers, with staminate flowers arranged in axillary panicles 4 to 8 cm long and pistillate flowers in panicles 5 to 14 cm long. The calyx of staminate flowers is 4 to 5 lobed and puberulent, while that of pistillate flowers is 5 to 8 lobed. The staminate flowers feature 4 to 5 exserted stamens, and the pistillate flowers have a superior ovary that is glabrous to puberulent, with a terminal style. Petals in both flower types are vestigial. The fruit is reddish to dark purple, fleshy, and compressed, measuring 8 to 12 mm in length and 3 to 8 mm in thickness, typically containing one, occasionally two seeds. This species is found in mesic to wet forests between 150-1,525 meters.