Tree to 20 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 7–13 mm long; lamina elliptic to oblong to lanceolate, 10–14 cm long, 3.5–6.5 cm wide, penniveined, ± glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence c. same length as leaves. Flowers cream, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.5–1.6 mm long, 1.6–1.8 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.4–1.7 mm long, 1.1–1.4 mm wide; inner 1.4–1.9 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.3–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–1 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.6 mm long. Ovary 1–1.4 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 14–15 mm long, c. 11 mm wide, black to blue-black. Cotyledons creamy yellow.
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