Tree to 25 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 8–16 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, often unequal sided at base, 8–14.5 cm long, 3–8 cm wide, penniveined, glaucous below, pubescent. Inflorescence c. same length as leaves. Flowers greenish, perfumed (unpleasantly?). Perianth tube 0.8–1.1 mm long, 1.2–1.9 mm wide, usually pubescent towards apex. Tepals 1.5–2.1 mm long, 1–1.2 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.3–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, few hairs or glabrous; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.8–1.1 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 16–27 mm long, 9.5–16.5 mm wide, black. Cotyledons pink.
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