Tree to 30 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 6–18 mm long; lamina elliptic to narrowly obovate, 6.5–21 cm long, 2.5–7 cm wide, green or slightly glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers not opening widely, with tepals ± clasping anthers, cream to greenish yellow, without perfume. Tepals 0.5–1 mm long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide, mainly glabrous. Stamens 6 (sometimes 4 or 5), 0.5–0.9 mm long, 0.7–1.2 mm wide, sessile, glabrous; glands absent. Staminodes usually 3, undifferentiated. Ovary sessile, 0.5–1 mm long, 0.4–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, laterally compressed, 36–55 mm long, 35–55 mm wide (longer axis), 22–35 mm wide (shorter axis). Cotyledons cream or orange.
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