Tree to 25 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs ± terete, soon glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 10–31 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 6.5–15.5 cm long, 2.5–7.1 cm wide, penniveined or tripliveined, usually ± glaucous below (sometimes green), soon glabrescent. Inflorescence bracts ± hemispherical, present at anthesis. Flowers 3–5 per umbel, creamy green, perfumed. Male flowers: tepals 4, 2.3–3.4 mm long, 1.9–2.7 mm wide; stamens usually 6; outer staminal whorl eglandular; inner staminal whorl glandular, with 1 or 2 glands; pistillode rarely present. Female flowers: tepals 4, 2.4–2.8 mm long, 1.3–2.1 mm wide; staminodes usually 8; outer whorl of staminodes eglandular, inner whorl of staminodes glandular, with 2 glands; ovary 0.8–1.2 mm long, 0.6–1.1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, sometimes ellipsoidal, 9–12 mm long, 7.5–10.5 mm wide, red; receptacle 7.5–9.5 mm long, 4.5–5.5 mm wide. Cotyledons cream.
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