Tree to 35 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–11 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate to ovate, 8–13 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, green and glabrous below. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening fairly widely with tepals remaining ± erect, ?cream; perfume unknown. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.8–2 mm long, 1.2–1.3 mm wide; inner 2.3–2.4 mm long, 1.2–1.4 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, c. 0.7 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.8–0.9 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.8–0.9 mm long; glands present. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary sessile, c. 0.9 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, c. 12 mm diam., glaucous, black. Cotyledon colour unknown.
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