Shrub or treelet, 2-6 m tall. Stem densely pubescent. Petiole vaginate to apex, 4-9 cm long, densely pubescent; blade not scabrous, not glandular-dotted, broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, 23-60 x 14-28 cm, apex acute, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, deeply unequally lobed, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, veins glabrescent above, densely pubescent below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 5-8 per side, originating from lower 3/4 or more of primary vein, flat above and prominulous below, tertiary veins widely reticulate or sometimes transverse. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 1-3(-5) cm long, densely pubescent; spike 20-60 cm long, yellow, not apiculate; rachis glabrous; floral bracts marginally fringed; stamens laterally dehiscent. Fruits obovoid, ca. 2-2.5 mm wide, puberulent at apex, stigmas 3, sessile, to 8 mm long.