Trees up to 30 m, rarely buttressed, bark smooth, grey to darkbrown, with lenticels. Twigs hairy to glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong, sometimes ovatish, 10-18 by 4-8 cm, base usually rounded, rarely more acute, apex gradually tapering to shortly acuminate, herbaceous, with 8-14 pairs of nerves, venation widely transverse, not conspicuous, usually glabrous, rarely with some pubescence, basal glands (0-)2, flat. Petiole (0.5-)l-2.5 cm long. Stipules oblong, 3-9 by 0.8-2.3 mm, free, sometimes slightly keeled inside, sometimes with marginal glands. Racemes solitary, in axils of extant or fallen leaves, 4-10 cm long, peduncle very short, rachis sparsely hairy, pedicels (0.5-) 3-6 mm long. Hypanthium 2-3 mm high, (sparsely) hairy outside. Perianth 5-or 6-merous. Sepals triangular, 1-1.5 mm long, hairy outside. Petals obovate, 1.5-3 mm long, hairy outside, white. Stamens 35-55, filaments up to 4.5 mm, glabrous or hairy at base, anthers 0.3-0.7 mm long. Ovary glabrous, style up to 6 mm long. Fruits transversely ellipsoid, 10-13 by 13-18 mm, exocarp glabrous, red when ripe (or ultimately becoming black?), endocarp glabrous inside. Seed with glabrous testa.
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