An evergreen tree. Young shoots have rusty hairs. The leaves are clustered and arranged in spirals. They are 9-43 cm long by 4-18 cm wide. The leaves are broadly oval with a slight tip at the end. Flowers are in groups of 1-8 in the axils of leaves or on the branches. The flowers do not have stalks and contain both sexes. The fruit are 4-5 cm long and oval. There is a single seed. This is 3 cm long.
It is a tropical plant. It grows between 1,600-3,000 m above sea level. It grows in rainforest and cloud forest.
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