Tree to 25 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 7–14 mm long; lamina oblong to elliptic to narrowly obovate, 6–21 cm long, 2–8 cm wide, penniveined, ± glaucous below, soon ± glabrescent. Inflorescence c. same length as leaves. Flowers brownish, creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.1–1.6 mm long, 1.4–1.8 mm wide, sparsely pubescent, or lower half glabrous. Tepals 1.6–2.1 mm long, 1.3–1.6 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.7–1 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–1.2 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, few hairs or glabrous; filaments 0.6–0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.9–1.3 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ovoid, 14–20 mm long, 12–15 mm wide, black to purplish. Cotyledons yellowish.
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