Tree to 16 m, sometimes a robust shrub of 1-3 m, fire-tolerant. Bark thick, verrucose, friable, grey-brown. Stems tomentose and hirsute. Leaves: petiole commonly 1-2 cm long; lamina broadly oblong to narrowly obovate, 7-22 cm long, usually 2-4 cm wide, truncate, serrate; margins slightly recurved; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence terminal, 7-15 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose, falling early. Flowers creamy grey; styles cream. Perianth 38-42 mm long including limb of 7-8 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil curved, 47-60 mm long, glabrous, or papillose towards base; pollen presenter fusiform with thickened base, 2.5-3 mm long, finely 8-ribbed. Old flowers persistent. Follicles up to 30, prominent, broadly elliptic, 25-35 mm long, 20-25 mm high, 15-22 mm wide, smooth, tomentose. Seed obovate, 30-34 mm long; seed body obovate, 10-12 mm long, 9-11 mm wide, shallowly pitted outside, verrucose inside.
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A small tree. It grows 6-20 m high. It spreads 4-12 m across. It has a stout grey trunk. It is short and crooked. The bark is thick and wrinkled. The leaves are large. They are 8-15 cm long. They are leathery with a saw toothed edge. The leaves are oblong and the veins are easy to see. The flower spikes are large. They can be 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. The flowers are pale yellow. The ripe capsules are hard and woody. They appear as bulges on the side of cones. The seeds are large and winged.
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