Tree to 25 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 4–15 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 6.5–12.5 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous (almost white) and pubescent below. Inflorescence racemose or paniculate, axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals remaining ± erect, creamy green, not perfumed. Tepals tomentose: outer 2.2–3 mm long, 2–2.8 mm wide; inner 1.8–2.6 mm long, 1.4–2.3 mm wide. Anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.5 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards; glands fused forming disc. Staminodes absent or fused with disc. Ovary sometimes stalked, 1.1–2 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, pubescent, style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 20–24 mm long, 10–13 mm wide, black, blue-black. Cotyledons pink.
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