Shrub or tree to 20 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs fluted or terete, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 4–5 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 3.6–5.9 cm long, 1.7–2 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence usually a raceme, sometimes a panicle, usually axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers greenish cream, creamy yellow, not perfumed. Perianth tube 2.5 mm long, 1.4 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals 1.6–1.8 mm long, 1.3–1.4 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers c. 0.6 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, mainly glabrous; filaments c. 0.6 mm long. Inner anthers c. 0.8 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments c. 0.6 mm long.Ovary c. 1.3 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular to ellipsoidal, 16 mm long, 14–14.5 mm wide, black to blue-black. Cotyledons cream.
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