Tree to 15 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 4–11 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 6–11 cm long, 2.5–4.5 cm wide, green or ± glaucous, glabrous or ± pubescent; foveoles c. 1 or 2, usually present on some leaves. Inflorescence axillary and pseudoterminal, c. same length as leaves. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals remaining erect, creamy green, not perfumed. Tepals pubescent: outer 0.9–1 mm long, 1.1–1.2 mm wide; inner 0.8–0.9 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide. Anthers 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.1–0.2 mm long, pubescent; valves opening sideways or outwards; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.9–1.4 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 22–23 mm long, 13–14 mm wide, shiny black. Cotyledons cream.
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