Tree to 40 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 4–14 mm long; lamina oblong to obovate, 5–10.5 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, penniveined, usually glaucous, pubescent. Inflorescence exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1–1.6 mm long, 1.4–1.7 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals pubescent; outer 1.8–2 mm long, 0.9–1.3 mm wide; inner 1.7–2 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, pubescent, or glabrous abaxially; filaments 0.6–0.9 mm long. Ovary 1–1.1 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, pubescent; ovary pubescent. Fruit globular, 12 mm long, 11–13 mm wide, black. Cotyledons white or cream.
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