Tree to 20 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 8–16 mm long; lamina elliptic to oblong to lanceolate, 6.5–13.5 cm long, 2–5.5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous, pubescent. Inflorescence a panicle, often quite reduced, mainly axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1–1.1 mm long, 1–1.4 mm wide, mainly glabrescent. Tepals 1.3–1.8 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments 0.5–0.9 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide, usually glabrous; filaments c. 0.6 mm long. Ovary 0.6–0.7 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular to depressed-globular, 8–10 mm long, 9–10.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons white, occasionally cream.
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