Tree 8-15 m, glabrous except the inflorescence and fruits; branches terete, brownish-gray, obscurely lenticellate. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, chartaceous, 9-15 by 4-8 cm, shining on both sides, entire or shallowly crenate towards the top, the apex rather abruptly acuminate, the base ± rounded and with 2 glands either on the margins at the junction with the petiole or on the petiole itself; basal nerves 5, ascending, prominent; petiole 2½-4½ cm. Racemes few-flowered, 2½-3½ cm, in fruit somewhat longer, densely grey-pubescent. Pedicels 5-8 mm, longer in fruit. Outer perianth segments ovate, acute, 10 by 6 mm, densely pubescent outside. Inner perianth segments on both sides densely grey-pubescent, with brown dots, the innermost only 1-1.5 mm wide. Filaments 10 mm; anthers less than ll2 mm. Ovary densely grey-pubescent, slightly stipitate, ovoid. Style glabrous or slightly pubescent at the base, 2-4 mm. Fruit obovoid to elliptic, 1½-2¼ by 1-1¾ cm, apiculate, pale green when fresh, densely grey-pubescent, grooved longitudinally specially towards the apex; pericarp 1.5-3 mm, green; endocarp white. Seeds pale green; black when dry, obovoid, drop-shaped, shining, 8 by 4 mm; testa crustaceous; albumen fleshy.
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