Tree to 30 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs slightly fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 8–19 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 7.3–12.6 cm long, 2.3–3.7 cm wide, glaucous below, soon almost glabrescent. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers not opening widely, with tepals geniculate, enclosing everything except anther tips and style, cream or creamy green, ± perfumed. Tepals 0.5–1 mm long, 0.8–1.5 mm wide, pubescent. Stamens 6, uniform; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.1–0.3 mm long; glands absent. Staminodes 6, undifferentiated (3 outer, 0.5–0.9 mm long; 3 inner, 0.3–0.7 mm long). Ovary 0.4–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit 45–65 mm long, 48–71 mm wide (longer axis), 36–55 mm wide (shorter axis), black. Cotyledons cream to light yellow.
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