Tree or shrub to 10 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs terete, soon ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 6–7 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 6.5–8.5 cm long, 1.9–2.6 cm wide, penniveined, green or ± glaucous below, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence usually a raceme, mainly axillary, scarcely exceeding petiole. Flowers cream, pale green, perfumed. Perianth tube 1.1–1.7 mm long, 1.1–1.4 mm wide, inner surface pubescent, rarely almost glabrous in lower half. Tepals 1.3–1.6 mm long, 0.9–1.1 mm wide, pubescent, or glabrous abaxially. Outer anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous, or few hairs abaxially; filaments 0.2–0.4 mm long. Inner anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, glabrous or few hairs abaxially; filaments c. 0.3 mm long, sometimes glabrous. Ovary 0.9–1.2 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal to ovoid, sometimes ribbed, 15–17 mm long, 12 mm wide, black. Cotyledon colour unknown.
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