Tree to 30 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs fluted or terete, eventually glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 10–27 mm long; lamina elliptic, 9–15.5 cm long, 4–7 cm wide, not foveolate, green and glabrescent below. Inflorescence axillary, or on twigs below leaves, not exceeding leaves. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals erect, creamy yellow, perfumed. Tepals predominantly glabrous: outer 0.7–0.9 mm long, 1–1.6 mm wide; inner 0.7–1 mm long, 0.8–0.9 mm wide. Anthers opening by lateral pores near apex, 0.4–0.7 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.7–0.9 mm long, pubescent; glands absent. Staminodes usually 2, ± differentiated. Ovary 0.6–1 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 60–70 mm long, 33–45 mm wide, yellow. Cotyledons pale pink.
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