Tree to 20 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–8 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 5.7–7.4 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence usually a raceme, mostly axillary, scarcely exceeding petiole. Flowers creamy green, perfume unknown. Perianth tube c. 2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals pubescent; outer c. 2.4 mm long, 1.4 mm wide; inner c. 2.3 mm long, 1.6 mm wide. Outer anthers c. 0.9 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments c. 0.9 mm long. Inner anthers c. 0.9 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially; filaments c. 0.9 mm long. Ovary c. 1.1 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular to pyriform, 12.5–15 mm long, 13–13.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons creamy.
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