Tree to 25 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 11–21 mm long; lamina oblong to narrowly elliptic to oval, 13–35 cm long, 4.5–8.5 cm wide, penniveined, ± glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, pale brown, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 0.8–1.3 mm long, 1.2–1.8 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals 1.1–1.9 mm long, 0.9–1.3 mm wide, tomentose. Outer anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.4–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrescent or pubescent. Ovary 0.7–1.4 mm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, usually glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, sometimes ovoid or obpyriform, 19–28 mm long, 13–17 mm wide, spotted, black. Cotyledons creamy.
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