Tree to 25 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 6–12 mm long; lamina elliptic to ovate to obovate, 6.8–13.3 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence usually not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 0.9–1.3 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide, inner surface pubescent towards apex. Tepals 1.4–2.1 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–0.9 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments 0.6–0.9 mm long. Ovary 1–1.3 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely hairy; style often rudimentary, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Fruit ellipsoidal to globular, 13–18 mm long, 12–13 mm wide, black. Cotyledons yellowish.
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