Tree to 25 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs fluted when young, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 6–10 mm long; lamina oblong to elliptic, 8–1.5 cm long, 3.3–4.4 cm wide, penniveined, green below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence usually not exceeding leaves. Flowers cream, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.1–1.2 mm long, 1.5–1.7 mm wide, inner surface glabrous. Tepals 1.7–1.9 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.6–0.8 mm long. Ovary 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 8–13 mm long, 8–15 mm wide, black to purplish black. Cotyledons creamy white.
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