Tree to 20 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 8–17 mm long; lamina elliptic, 5.5–12.5 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, usually somewhat glaucous below, pubescent; foveoles 3–5. Inflorescence axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals ± horizontal, creamy green, brown when older, perfumed. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.2–1.4 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm wide; inner 1.2–1.4 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide. Anthers c. 0.4 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.3–0.4 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.5–0.6 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit usually ellipsoidal, 28–35 mm long, 14–15 mm wide, glaucous, black. Cotyledons cream.
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