Tree to 30 m high. Stem usually not buttressed. Twigs terete, soon glabrescent. Leaves opposite; petiole 4–7 mm long; lamina lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, 4.5–9 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, predominantly penniveined (sometimes tending triveined), green and glabrescent below. Inflorescence approximating or exceeding leaves. Flowers opening quite widely with tepals remaining ± erect, pale green, perfumed. Tepals 5–6 mm long, 1.5–2.6 mm wide, sericeous. Outer anthers 1.3–1.7 mm long, 0.9–1 mm wide; filaments 0.8–2 mm long. Inner anthers 1.3–1.5 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide, ± pubescent; filaments 1.3–2.4 mm long. Ovary 1.4–1.9 mm long, 1.2–1.4 mm wide, glabrous; style ± pubescent; stigma cumuloid. Fruit carpel ellipsoidal, 12–15 mm long, 9.5–11 mm wide, black; cup entire at apex. Cotyledons white, cream.
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