A big tree. Leaves subcoriaceous, narrowly elliptic, or lanceolate, ll-19(-27) by 1¾-4½ cm, glabrous; base attenuate; apex acuminate, rarely obtuse; nerves 9-15 pairs, rather fine, slightly elevated on both surfaces, sometimes hardly distinct from the veins; veins reticulate, distinct or faint on both surfaces; petiole (2½-)3½-7½ cm. Panicles 1-9 cm long, puberulous; pedicels 1-2 mm, not articulated. Calyx 5-5½ mm long, bursting irregularly, puberulous outside. Petals imbricate, narrowly oblanceolate, 10-12½ by 1-1¼ mm, puberulous outside and at the apical part inside, papillose on the central part inside; the basal 5-6 mm narrowed and completely adnate to the torus. Stamens 5, 6-7½ mm; filaments glabrous; anthers oblong, c. 1 mm long. Torus cylindric, 6-7 mm long. Ovary subglobose, c. 1 mm ø, glabrous; stipe obscure; style lateral, 3-4 mm. Drupe on an obscure, centric stalk, globose, c. 3½ cm 0, black, shining; without enlarged petals; embryo subglobose, c. 2½ cm Ø; cotyledons incompletely fused, free on one side, free part c. 1 cm deep.
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