Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs fluted, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–15 mm long; lamina elliptic, 6.5–17 cm long, 3.5–8 cm wide, green (rarely ± glaucous) below, eventually almost glabrescent; foveoles up to 6. Inflorescence axillary and pseudoterminal, exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals ± horizontal, creamy green, yellow, perfumed. Tepals pubescent: outer 1–1.6 mm long, 0.8–1.2 mm wide; inner 0.9–1.5 mm long, 0.6–1.1 mm wide. Anthers 0.3–0.5 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, ± glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially; filaments 0.2–0.4 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.4–0.9 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruits ellipsoidal, 28–34 mm long, 14–22 mm wide, black to purplish black. Cotyledons cream.
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