Tree to 13 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs fluted or terete, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 7–13 mm long; lamina elliptic to oblong to lanceolate, 9.5–16 cm long, 3.5–5.5 cm wide, penniveined, green below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence exceeding leaves. Flowers cream, pale green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 0.9–1 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide, pubescent towards apex. Tepals 1–1.5 mm long, 0.8–1.2 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, usually pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.4–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide; filaments 0.4–0.6 mm long. Ovary 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.3–0.4 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular or ellipsoidal, 10–13 mm long, 8–11 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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