Tree to 25 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole, 4–7 mm long; lamina lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–5.4 cm long, 1.6–3.2 cm wide, penniveined, or somewhat tripliveined, glaucous below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence a panicle (almost racemose), not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 0.9–1.6 mm long, 1.3–1.7 mm wide, inner surface pubescent, or lower half glabrous. Tepals 1.7–2.2 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.9 mm long. Inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.6–0.9 mm long. Ovary 0.9–1.4 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 10–11 mm long, 11–12.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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