Small trees up to 15 m, bark smooth, pale green to brown. Twigs glabrous. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 6-12 by 2.5-5.5 cm, base acute to rounded, apex usually gradually tapering, firm-herbaceous, with 5-7 pairs of nerves, venation inconspicuous, both sides glabrous, basal glands 0-6, usually more than 2, large, flat, all or part of them above the base in the blade. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long. Stipules oblong, free, 3.5-5.5 by 0.8-2 mm, ciliolate and sometimes with marginal glands. Racemes solitary, axillary, 2-6 cm long, peduncle up to 1 cm, rachis sparsely hairy, pedicels up to 3 mm long. Hypanthium 2-3 mm high, densely short-hairy to almost glabrous outside. Perianth segments 7-12, not regularly differentiated as sepals and petals, triangular to elliptic or ovate, 1-2 by 0.7-1 mm, cream-coloured to white, densely hairy to glabrous. Stamens 24-32, filaments up to 4 mm, glabrous, anthers up to 0.5 mm long. Ovary glabrous, style up to 4 mm long. Fruits (sub)globular, 12-14 by 13-16 mm, exocarp black when ripe, endocarp glabrous or hairy inside. Seed with glabrous or sparsely hairy testa.
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