Tree to 50 m tall. Bark smooth, orange-brown, brown or grey, shedding in broad scales. Leaves with petiole 3-10 mm long; lamina linear to elliptic, 5-13 cm long, 1-4 cm wide. Male cones shortly stalked or almost sessile, cylindrical, 4-8.5 cm long, 7-9 mm diam., with 7-13 basal bracts and 600-1300 scales; scales with 2-8 microsporangia. Female cones globular to cylindrical, 9-15 cm long, 8-10.5 cm diam., with 340-440 scales; largest scales 34-41 mm long, 39-46 mm wide.