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*Evergreen shrub or small to medium-sized tree up to 30(–40) m tall; bole branchless for up to 15 m, seldom of good shape, up to 150(–200) cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 1.8 m tall; bark surface smooth or with small rectangular flakes, grey or dark brown to almost black, inner bark pale brown to dark red-brown, sometimes with pink tinge or streaks; crown rounded and heavy; branchlets terete or 4-angled, sometimes drooping. *Leaves opposite, simple and entire; petiole up to 2.5(–4.5) cm long; blade elliptical to oblong-elliptical or obovate-elliptical, (2.5–)4–16(–17.5) cm × 1–8 cm, cuneate at base, obtuse to acuminate at apex, leathery, shiny dark green above, pale green below, pinnately veined with many lateral veins, fragrant when crushed. *Inflorescence a terminal cyme 5–19 cm long, many-flowered. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 4-merous, white, fragrant, sessile; calyx with slender tube and small teeth, persistent; petals 2–3 mm long; stamens numerous, 4–8 mm long, white, showy; ovary inferior, 2-celled, style about as long as stamens. *Fruit a globose to ellipsoid berry 0.5–3.5 cm × 0.6–2.5 cm, red to purplish black, tipped by the persistent calyx, usually 1-seeded. *Seed rounded, yellowish to brownish.

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