Trees to 20 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete, angular or fluted, pubescent or villous. Leaves: petiole 3–13 mm long; lamina ovate to elliptic to lanceolate, 4.5–13.5 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, green below. Inflorescence paniculate, as long as or exceeding leaves. Flowers cream to pale green, not or only faintly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.2–2.7 mm long, 0.9–1.2 mm wide, pubescent inside at least in part. Tepals 1.4–2.2 mm long, 0.7–1.8 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide, glabrous, or pubescent abaxially; filaments 0.3–0.8 mm long. Inner anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, glabrous, or pubescent adaxially; filaments 0.3–0.8 mm long. Ovary 0.9–1.4 mm long, glabrous, or sparsely pubescent; style glabrous or pubescent. Fruit 8–14 mm long, 6.5–12 mm wide, black. Cotyledons cream.
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