Shrubs or trees to 15 m. tall, the branchlets slender, terete. Juvenile leaves often 3-or 4-lobed, to 45 cm. in diameter; petioles to 40 cm. long; mature leaves ovate to elliptic, oblong or obovate-oblong, 6-29 (usually about 15) cm. long, 3-9 (usually about 7) cm. broad, obtusely acuminate to cuspidate at the apex, cuneate to obtuse at the base, entire to undulate or remotely crenate, the costa generally prominent, the primary lateral veins 4-8, often raised on both surfaces. Inflorescences of 3 or more umbels arranged in a terminal raceme, the primary peduncle to 2.5 cm. long, the primary rhachis 2.0-6.5 cm. long, the floriferous peduncles 1-6 cm. long, with several small bracts along their length; pedicels 3-13 mm. long. Flowers to 45 per umbel, 5-to 7-merous, greenish-white; calyx 1.5-2.0 mm. long, minutely denticulate or merely undulate; petals oblong or deltoid-oblong, 1.5-2.0 mm. long, 0.75-1.5 mm. broad, carnose, midrib prominent within, reflexing during anthesis; filaments 1.5-3.0 mm. long, the anthers subglobose-oblong, 0.5-1.0 mm. long, 0.5-0.75 mm. broad; styles connate, free at the apex. Fruit 4-8 mm. in diameter, purple; seeds 5-7.
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A tall tree. Large trees can have small buttresses. The leaves are alternate and bunched at the ends of branches. The leaves can have fine teeth and the leaves are shiny above and thick. The leaf stalks vary in length. The young leaves have 3 lobes. The flowers are small and yellow to green. They are in flat topped clusters.
Moist or wet, usually mixed forest or thickets, often in second growth, sometimes in hedges, usually below 1,500 metres but very rarely at higher elevations.
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