Tree to 8 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs ± terete or slightly fluted, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves: petiole 4–14 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 9–16 cm long, 3.5–6.5 cm wide, not foveolate, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence pseudoterminal and axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals remaining erect, creamy green, without perfume. Tepals sparsely pubescent: outer 0.5–1.1 mm long, 1–1.6 mm wide; inner 0.7–1.1 mm long, 0.7–1.2 mm wide. Anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.6–0.9 mm long, pubescent; valves opening sideways or outwards; glands usually absent. Staminodes 3, usually undifferentiated. Ovary 0.7–1 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruits globular, 43–65 mm long, 44–64 mm wide, pinkish red. Cotyledons creamy pink.