Tree to 20 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted or terete. Leaves: petiole 4–14 mm long; lamina elliptic to lanceolate, 5–11 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, green below, foveoles or hair tufts (domatia) often visible. Inflorescence mainly axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals remaining erect. Tepals: outer 0.7–1.5 mm long, 1.1–2.1 mm wide; inner 0.6–1.6 mm long, 0.7–1.7 mm wide. Anthers 0.4–0.8 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.9 mm long, pubescent; valves opening sideways or outwards; glands 6, distinct. Staminodes differentiated, 3. Ovary 0.7–1.3 mm long, 0.7–1.3 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 25–30 mm long, 15 mm wide, black, sometimes glaucous. Cotyledons cream.
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