Tree to 15 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs ± terete, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 6–13 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 4.2–10 cm long, 1.2–3.5 cm wide, penniveined, green below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence a panicle (almost racemose), not exceeding leaves. Flowers pale green, perfumed. Perianth tube c. 1.6 mm long, 1.7 mm wide, inner surface pubescent only towards apex. Tepals c. 2.2 mm long, 1.1 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers c. 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.8 mm long. Inner anthers c. 0.7 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, few hairs adaxially; filaments 0.9 mm long. Ovary c. 1.4 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 10–15 mm long, 12–18 mm wide, black. Cotyledons ?cream.
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