Tree to 10 m high, deciduous. Branchlets appressed-pubescent. Leaves sometimes crowded; lamina ovate, oblong, elliptic, orbicular or obovate, 3–12 (–15) cm, 2–7 cm wide, 1–2.2 times as long as wide, usually cuneate at base, obtuse at apex, discolorous, densely to sparsely pubescent; domatia small or absent; petiole 3–30 mm long. Spike open or dense, usually shorter than leaves. Flowers 5–8 mm long, 4–6 mm diam. Calyx glabrous to densely pubescent outside, glabrous or puberulous inside; lobes triangular, c. 2 mm long and wide. Staminal filaments 3–4 mm long. Disc villous. Style glabrous. Mature fruit globular or ovoid, not beaked, 1.5–3 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm diam., succulent, subglabrous to pubescent, green or brown; immature fruit compressed with lateral wings and sometimes a short beak.