Small bushy tree, c. 5 m; branchlets glabrous. Leaves lanceolate-oblong to broadly oblong, shortly obtusely attenuate at the apex, broadly cuneate to nearly rounded at the base, rather stiffly subcoriaceous, very young ones blackish-brownish-olivaceous above, brownish underneath when dry, moderately glossy on both faces specially above, entire, (8-)10-15(-19) by (3.5-)4-6(-8-10) cm; midrib slightly raised above, very prominent beneath, nerves 7-8 pairs, elevated on both faces, upper ones sometimes rather straight, lower ones or all together somewhat curved, a little raised on both faces, reticulations lax, minutely elevated, mostly well visible beneath; petiole 2-7 mm, thickened, rugose. Racemes axillary, ± pendulous, rather dense, 8-14(-18) cm, glabrous or nearly so; rhachis almost terete, 1-1.5 mm diam. Bracts minute, acute, nearly scariose. Pedicels mostly in twos, connate at the base, 3-4 mm. Perianth pale yellow, sometimes yellowish-greenish or reddish, 10-12(-13) mm, tube 0.6 mm diam., limb ellipsoid, 1.5 mm diam. Anthers 1.5 mm. Disk glands sub-quadrangular, free, close. Ovary glabrous; style strikingly thickened towards the apex. Submature fruit obliquely narrow-ellipsoid, subfusiform, acuminate into a marked ± curved beak, almost truncate at the base, smooth, 3-3.5 by 1.5-1.75 cm, green when fresh, finally nigrescent.
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