Tree to 20 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs terete, glabrous, with pale, flaky bark. Leaves: petiole 3–11 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic to obovate, 6–13 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, green below, eventually glabrescent. Inflorescence c. same length as leaves. Flowers opening quite widely with tepals remaining ± erect, cream, perfumed. Tepals pubescent; outer 1.1–1.4 mm long, 0.9 mm wide; inner 1.2–1.4 mm long, 1.1 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.6–0.7 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.5 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.6–1 mm long; glands present. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary sessile, 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 20–28 mm long, 13–15 mm wide, blue-black. Cotyledons cream.
Home