The specific epithet javanica is from the Latin meaning "of Java".

[2] Picrasma javanica grows up to 24 metres (80 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 25 centimetres (10 in).

The fruits are green to red or blue, ovoid to roundish and measure up to 1.2 cm (0.5 in) in diameter.

[2] Picrasma javanica grows naturally from northeast India to Indochina and south to Malesia.

Its habitat is rainforest from sea-level to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) altitude.