Tree to 20 m high. Twigs terete or fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 7–14 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 6–11.5 cm long, 3–4.5 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous and pubescent below. Inflorescence a few-flowered raceme, axillary, scarcely exceeding petiole. Flowers opening widely with tepals ± horizontal, greenish or greenish pink. Tepals fleshy, glabrous, or few hairs abaxially: outer 2.6–2.8 mm long, 2.3–2.7 mm wide; inner 2.5–3.2 mm long, 2.1–2.7 mm wide. Anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.7–1.2 mm wide, sessile or shortly stalked, glabrous; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 1–2.3 mm long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide, sessile or shortly stalked, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruits ovoid, 13–25 mm long, blue-black. Cotyledons unknown.
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