Tree to 40 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs mainly terete, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 5–10 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate, 6–9.5 cm long, 1.8–2.7 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers not opening widely with tepals geniculate, yellowish green, not perfumed. Tepals sparsely pubescent: outer 0.6–0.8 mm long, 1.3–1.6 mm wide; inner 0.5–0.7 mm long, 1.2–1.3 mm wide. Anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 1–1.2 mm wide, glabrous, or pubescent adaxially; filaments 0.2 mm long; valves opening inwards; glands absent. Staminodes 3, undifferentiated. Ovary 0.4–0.7 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit usually globular, 40–55 mm long, 40–50 mm wide, black. Cotyledons yellowish orange.
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