Shrub or small glabrous tree, up to 10 m. Young parts very shining, vernicose. Leaves coriaceous, shining, chiefly on underside densely punctulate and gland-dotted, beneath with distinct glandular pit at the base on both sides of midrib and often smaller ones in higher nerve-axils, elliptic to slightly obovate, 12-18 by 6—11 cm, apex shortly and abruptly acuminate (acumen up to 1 cm long), base acute, margins entire; primary nerves 5-7 on each side, prominent beneath, anastomosing. Petioles 1-3 cm. Inflorescence umbellate, corymbiform, up to 11 cm across; peduncle stout, up to 6 cm long; primary rays 5-7; bracteoles firm, oblong to lanceolate, with membranous margins, gland-dotted, 5-7 mm long. Calyx-limb obscurely lobed. Corolla creamy white, gland-dotted on outside, turbinate, obovoid in bud, tube 2½-3 mm, lobes erect, rounded triangular, 1½-2 mm. Stamens much ex-serted; filaments thick, serpentine in bud, inserted at base of corolla, (8-)9-10 mm; anthers oblong, 2 mm. Ovary cylindric, lepidote, vernicose, 1-1½ mm long. Drupe ovate, compressed, purplish black, 10 by 7-8 mm. Endocarp undulate in cross-section, (often irregularly) 2-grooved on dorsal side, 3-grooved on ventral side, lateral grooves often nearly absent.
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