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Shrub to 5 m high. Leaves: petiole 3–42 mm long; lamina cuneate-obovate, elliptic, obcordate, rarely linear-lanceolate, 25–320 mm long, 7–70 mm wide; base cordate, cuneate, retuse; margins weakly sinuate to crenulate; tip acute, acuminate or obtuse; venation comprising 12–14 lateral veins per side of midrib and weakly visible tertiary reticulate veins. Male flowers 3–4 mm long, 4–5 mm diam.; pedicels 7–13 mm long; sepals lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 2–2.5 mm long; petals rounded-cordate, 0.7–1 mm long, 1–1.4 mm wide; stamens 16–18. Female flowers 2.5–5 mm long, 2–4 mm diam.; pedicels 1.5–10 mm long; sepals ovate, 0.6–1.2 mm long; ovary glabrous. Fruit globose, 5–7 mm long. Seeds ovoid, 4.8–5.5 mm long.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-8 m high. The leaves vary in shape. They are oval and taper to the base. They are thick and leathery. Leaves can have a range of colours. They are 10-20 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. Flowers are separately male and female. The male flowers are in groups of 2-6 while the female flowers are single. The fruit is a capsule 0.6-0.8 cm across.
