Tree to 15 m high. Stem often buttressed. Twigs ± terete, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 10–12 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 9–12 cm long, 4–5 cm wide, not foveolate, usually green and densely pubescent below. Inflorescence axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers scarcely opening, outer tepals geniculate, enclosing inner tepals, creamy green, without perfume. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.1–1.2 mm long, 1.7–2.3 mm wide; inner 0.8–1.1 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide. Anthers 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.6 mm long, pubescent; valves opening sideways or outwards; glands pubescent, forming 3 masses, the glands on each anther being ± fused. Staminodes undifferentiated. Ovary 0.7–1.1 mm long, 0.8–1.2 mm wide, hairy. Fruits ellipsoidal, 20–26 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, shiny, black. Cotyledons cream.
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