Small tree c. 8 (rarely up to 15) m; young branchlets puberulous, soon glabrescent. Leaves elliptic-oblong to oblong, 1-1.5 cm cuspidate at the apex, nearly rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, ± inequilateral, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, entire, glabrous and somewhat shining above, pubescent on midrib and primary nerves beneath, (15-)20-25 by (6½-)8½-12½ cm; nerves suberect, very prominent beneath, veins manifestly transverse, reticulations prominent on both sides; petiole stout, 1¼ cm. ♂ Flowers in few-flowered, small, short-peduncled cymes. Pedicels c. 4 mm. Sepals subrotundate, pubescent outside, c. 6 mm diam. Petals broadly oblong, glabrous; scales erose, hirsute. Stamens 15-17. ♀ Flowers: solitary or in twos; peduncle thick, glabrous, c. 1 mm. Sepals as in the ♂ flowers. Petals suborbicular, 2.5 mm diam.; scale sub-quadrate, 1½ mm. Staminodes c. 17. Ovary depressed-ovoid, densely fulvous-pilose, with a 5-lobed stigma. Fruit green, i narrow-ovoid-elliptical, tapering to both ends, 7-8(-10) by 4-5½ cm, minutely fulvous-velvety, slightly longitudinally costate at the apex, crowned by 5 thick, large, separate, lignescent stigmas, many-seeded; peduncle 1.5-2(-2.5) cm long, 6-7 mm diam. Seeds elongate, plano-convex, c. 2 cm.
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A tree. It grows 5-18 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. Young branches are hairy. The leaves are alternate and broadly oval. They have a short tip. They are 20-25 cm long by 8-12 cm wide. The flowers are white or greenish. The male flowers are in groups of s few flowers on short stalks. The female flowers usually occur singly. The fruit are yellow. They are narrowly oval and 7-8 cm long by 4-5 cm wide.
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