Tree to 35 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs angular, eventually glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 8–22 mm long; lamina oblong to elliptic, 6–12.7 cm long, 2.7–5.3 cm wide, green or slightly glaucous below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence exceeding leaves. Flowers opening quite widely with tepals remaining ± erect, yellowish, pale green, perfumed. Tepals pubescent; outer 1.1–1.8 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide; inner 1.2–1.8 mm long, 1–1.6 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.5–1 mm long; glands present. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary sessile, 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit usually ellipsoidal, 23–32 mm long, 15–21 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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