Tree to 25 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted or terete, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 5–12 mm long; lamina oblong to elliptic, 6.5–13.5 cm long, 2.4–5.6 cm wide, penniveined, green below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence scarcely exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1–1.5 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide, pubescent at apex, lower half glabrous. Tepals 1.3–2 mm long, 0.9–1.1 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers usually glabrous; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.8–1.1 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; style glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Fruit globular, 13–15 mm long, 13–16 mm wide, black to purplish black. Cotyledons creamy white.
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