Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs ± terete, eventually ± glabrescent at maturity. Leaves: petiole 11–38 mm long; lamina obovate to elliptic to lanceolate, 12–27 cm long, 6.5–11 cm wide, green below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening fairly widely with tepals ± erect at anthesis, cream, pale or brownish cream, without perfume. Tepals 0.7–1.3 mm long, 1.5–1.9 mm wide, densely hairy. Stamens 6; anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, glabrous, sometimes pubescent abaxially; filaments 0.1–0.3 mm long, hairy; glands absent. Staminodes 6, undifferentiated (3 outer, 1–1.2 mm long; 3 inner, 0.5–0.7 mm long). Ovary sessile, 0.7–1 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 45–67 mm long, 43–65 mm wide, black to purplish black. Cotyledons purplish burgundy.
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