Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs angular or terete, soon glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 8–19 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate, 6.5–14.5 cm long, 1.5–6 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous and pubescent below. Inflorescence a panicle, c. same length as leaves. Flowers ?cream, perfume unknown. Perianth tube c. 0.9 mm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, few hairs at apex, otherwise glabrous. Tepals pubescent; outer c. 1.2 mm long, c. 0.8 mm wide; inner c. 1.4 mm long, c. 1 mm wide. Outer anthers c. 0.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments c. 0.3 mm long. Inner anthers c. 0.7 mm long, 0.4 mm wide; filaments c. 0.4 mm long. Ovary c. 0.8 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit pyriform 19.5–21 mm long, 13–15 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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