Tree to 15 m high. Stem sometimes buttressed. Twigs terete, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 7–24 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 8–22 cm long, 3.5–8.5 cm wide, penniveined or tripliveined, glaucous and pubescent below. Inflorescence bracts hemispherical or navicular, absent at anthesis. Flowers 3–5 per umbel, cream, pale brown, yellow, perfumed. Male flowers: tepals 4 or 5, 2.4–6 mm long, 0.9–2.5 mm wide; stamens 4–8; outer staminal whorl eglandular; inner staminal whorl glandular, with 2 glands; pistillode present. Female flowers: tepals 4–6, 1.7–2.3 mm long, 0.4–0.9 mm wide; staminodes 6–9; outer whorl of staminodes eglandular; inner whorl of staminodes glandular, with 2 glands; ovary 0.8–1.2 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, usually pubescent towards apex; style pubescent. Fruit globular, 9–11 mm long, 8.5–11 mm wide, red; receptacle 7-9.5 mm long, 3.5–5 mm wide. Cotyledons cream or white.
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