Tree to 25 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 4–8 mm long; lamina lanceolate to ovate, 6–9.3 cm long, 1.9–4 cm wide, penniveined, usually glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence usually not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 0.8–1.6 mm long, 1.4–1.9 mm wide, inner surface glabrescent, or pubescent towards apex. Tepals pubescent; outer 1.5–2.1 mm long, 0.8–1.1 mm wide; inner 1.5–2 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–1 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.3–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–1 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments 0.3–0.8 mm long. Ovary 0.8–1.1 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 11.5–14 mm long, 11.5–14 mm wide, purplish black. Cotyledons cream.
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