Trees up to c. 17 m, bark dark brown, smooth (few reports only). Twigs rapidly glabrescent Leaves elliptic to oblong, 7-15.5 by 3-7.5 cm, base acute or rounded and decurrent, apex gradually narrowing or subacuminate, herbaceous, with 7-10 pairs of nerves, venation not conspicuous, sparsely hairy to glabrous, basal glands 1-2, distinctly hollowed and bulging above. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long. Stipules 3-6 by 1-1.8 mm, free, hairy, with marginal glands. Racemes solitary, in axils of extant or fallen leaves, 2-7 cm long, peduncle very short, rachis hairy, pedicels 0-1 mm long. Hypanthium 2.5-3 mm high, hairy outside. Perianth segments 10-^12, not regularly differentiated as sepals and petals, up to 2 mm long. Stamens 60-75, filaments c. 3.5 mm, glabrous, anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long. Ovary more or less hairy, style c. 5 mm long. Fruits compressed subglobular to obscurely transversely ellipsoid, 16-17 by 16-20 mm, exocarp almost glabrous, red turning purple, mesocarp leathery-fleshy, endocarp glabrous inside. Seed with glairous testa.
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