Tree to 35 m high; stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs ± terete, eventually almost glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 17–46 mm long; lamina lanceolate to ovate to elliptic, 8–27 cm long, 4–8 cm wide, green below, eventually almost glabrescent. Inflorescence umbellate, axillary. Flowers 9–15 per umbel, green, creamy green, perfumed. Male flowers: perianth tube and tepals absent; stamens 10–14; anthers 1–1.1 mm long, c. 0.9 mm wide; filaments 2.5–2.6 mm long; outer staminal whorl often eglandular; inner staminal whorl similar but filaments shorter, with or without 1 or 2 glands; pistillode present. Female flowers: perianth and tepals absent; staminodes 7–15, in 1 series, with or without 1 or 2 glands; ovary 1–1.1 mm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 12–14 mm long, 11.5–14 mm wide, red (or black). Cotyledons cream.
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