Tree to 20 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 3–11 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 5–13 cm long, 1.5–5.5 cm wide, triplinerved, sometimes penninerved, green or slightly glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence mainly pseudoterminal, not or scarcely exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, ± perfumed. Perianth tube 1–1.4 mm long, 1–1.2 mm wide, pubescent. Tepals 1.7–2.1 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous or few hairs abaxially; filaments 0.5–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.9–1 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.5–0.6 mm long. Ovary 0.7–1 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular to ellipsoidal, 10–13 mm long, 9–11 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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