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Leaf-lamina up to 17 x 7 cm., more or less oblong, obovate-or oblanceolate-oblong, or oblanceolate, apex broadly rounded to acuminate, base often subcordate, sometimes rounded or acute, sparsely strigulose on both surfaces, especially on the nerves, venation closely reticulate, scarcely prominent; petiole c. 0·2 cm. long; stipules 0·3–0·5 cm. long, subulate, caducous or persistent.
Inflorescence up to 12 x 10 cm., terminal and from upper leaf-axils, a branched raceme of sessile cymules; inflorescence-axes, bracts and outside of flowers densely fulvous-tomentose; bracts persistent, up to 0·2 cm. long, subulate, with a pair of sessile glands at base partly concealed by indumentum; pedicels 0·2–0·3 cm. long.
A tree. It grows 15-20 m tall. The bark is smooth and grey. The leaves are 9-16 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The fruit are 2.5 cm across. They have a soft hairy velvety coating.
Fertile stamens 7; filaments 0·3–0·4 cm. long; Staminodes 8, of variable length, 0·1–0·2 cm. long, deltate, united in lower 1/2.
Receptacle-tube slightly to strongly curved, weakly to strongly gibbous, adaxial length 0·3 cm., abaxial length 0·4–0·5 cm.
Small or medium-sized evergreen tree with a wide-spreading, dense, rounded crown.
Ovary very sparsely pilose; style 0·45 cm. long, glabrous except at base.
Drupe up to 5 x 3 cm., ellipsoid or obovoid, fulvous-tomentose.
Petals 0·5–0·6 cm. long, lingulate, very shortly unguiculate.
Sepals 0·3–0·4 cm. long.
Bark rough, dark grey.
