Tree to 20 m high. Stem not buttressed. Twigs terete, fluted or angular, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 5–13 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 6–10.5 cm long, 2–4.5 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous (almost white) below, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary, pseudoterminal, not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely, but tepals remaining ± erect, usually creamy green, without perfume. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.5–2.2 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide; inner 1.5–2.2 mm long, 1.2–2.2 mm wide. Anthers 0.2–0.4 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.3 mm long, pubescent; valves opening upwards and sideways; glands fused forming disc. Staminodes absent. Ovary 1.1–1.6 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 15–26 mm long, 11.5–14 mm wide, glaucous, blue-black, black. Cotyledons cream, often margins pink.
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