Treelet or tree to 30 m, usually much less, bole to 30 cm diam.; buttresses usually absent, rarely to 3 m tall, 2 m out. Bark brown, smooth, lenticellate to scaling, scales c. 5–10 by 5 mm; inner bark off white; sapwood off white, darkening on exposure. Leafy twigs 2–5(–10) mm diam. Leaves (2–)3–22(–27) by (2–)5–9(–13) cm, oblanceolate to obovate, rarely orbicular, in terminal rosettes, subglabrous to densely hispid; base cuneate to attenuate, rarely truncate; apex obtuse, with or without an acute to obtuse acumen, less often ± truncate; veins 6–11 (–16) on each side, venation sometimes conspicuously reticulate; petiole (2–)3–22(–45) mm. Inflorescence (1.5–)2–13(–15) cm, axillary or occasionally supra-axillary, rarely subtended by a few subulate leaves, sweetly scented (Gardenia acc. to Kostermans); axes ± pubescent; bracts l–4(–40) mm, linear-lanceolate, rarely foliaceous; pseudopedicels 1–5 mm. Calyx 1–3.5(–5) mm long, 4–6(–7)-lobed, the lobes deltate, ovate or oblong, with open aestivation, rarely foliaceous and ± imbricate at base. Petals (3–)4–6, 4–9.5 mm long, oblong to oblanceolate or rarely spatulate, rather fleshy, imbricate or rarely contorted. Filaments white or pinkish becoming yellow with age united for 1/5 to almost all of length, rarely with an apical pair of small lobes; staminal tube cyathiform or short-tubular, 2–5.5 mm long, 2.5–3 mm diam., hirsute distally without, densely barbate at throat, often purplish; anthers 9–17, 0.3–1.2 mm long, ovoid or subspherical, rarely elongate, glabrous or with a few hairs on connective. Disk 0.5–2 mm long, patelliform, cyathiform or shortly tubular, glabrous to pubescent. Ovary 2–4-locular; locules with 1 or 2 (3) collateral ovules; stylehead flattened-capitate. Berry 0.8–2 cm diam., globose, rarely apiculate, purplish black when ripe; pericarp usually thin and fleshy, rarely thickened and woody. Seeds 1–4.
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Tree to 30 m high but often much less. Leaves in terminal rosettes, oblanceolate to obovate, rarely orbicular, 3–22 cm long, 5–9 cm wide, subglabrous to densely hispid; major veins usually 6–11 on each side; petiole 3–22.5 mm long. Inflorescences 2–13 cm long with linear-lanceolate bracts usually 1–4 mm long. Flowers sweetly scented. Calyx 1–3.5 mm long. Petals oblong to oblanceolate, 4–9.5 mm long, white or pinkish. Staminal tube with filaments free and up to ¼ its length, hairy outside distally; anthers 9–17. Disc 0.5–2 mm long. Ovary 2–4-locular, locules with 1 or 2 ovules. Berry to 2 cm diam., purplish black when ripe; pericarp usually thin and fleshy. Seeds 1–4.
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