Tree to 15 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 7–12 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 8–14 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous (almost white) below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers cream, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.3 mm long, 1 mm wide, inner surface pubescent only towards apex. Tepals 1.6–1.7 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers c. 0.8 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments c. 0.5 mm long. Inner anthers c. 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous, or few hairs adaxially; filaments c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary c. 1.1 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 9–10 mm long, 9.5–10 mm wide, black. Cotyledons white, cream.
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