Treelet or tree, 2.5-24 m; branchlets glabrous or nearly so, compressed, blackish when dry. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, +-abruptly obtusely acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, ± equilateral, firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, blackish-brownish when dry, glabrous, shining on both surfaces, not or minutely pellucid-punctate, entire, 10-16 (rarely up to 22) by 4.5-6 (rarely up to 10) cm; midrib flat above, prominent beneath, nerves 9-10 pairs, rather straight and subparallel to each other, obscure or slightly impressed above, prominent beneath, veins distantly transverse, nearly inconspicuous above, little prominent beneath, reticulations fine and dense beneath only; petiole 4-6 mm, glabrous. Fascicles many-flowered, seen in buds only. Bracts rather few, ovate, acute, ciliate, 1 mm. Pedicels 2-3 mm, glabrous. Calyx glabrous outside, nigrescent, c. 3 mm. Stamens 10; filaments slightly pilose, alternately 1 and 0.7 mm. Staminodes 0.5 mm, barbate towards the apex. Ovary glabrous. Fruit ovoid-oblong, c. 1.2-2 by 1.1-0.8 cm, yellowish to orange when fresh, nigrescent when dry; peduncle 5-7 mm.
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