Evergreen tree to 30 m tall with irregular crown with stiff spreading branches. Leaves 8-20 cm long, often drooping, oblong to narrowly ovate with tapering tip. Flowers up to 8 cm long, pale green turning yellow, very fragrant at flower maturity, in short unbranched clusters. Fruits 1.5-2.5 cm long on individual stalks, arranged in a dense cluster of stalked fruits, dark green ripening blackish.