Tree to 12 m tall. Leaves with petiole 1-2 cm long; lamina lanceolate, apiculate, 5-12.5 cm long, 1.2-2.3 cm wide; margin entire, slightly sinuate, or prominently toothed apically. Conflorescence to c. 46 cm long, pale ferruginous-tomentose; involucral bracts ±broadly oblong to broadly ovate. Tepals 8-10 mm long, yellow, ferruginous-pubescent or pilose. Ovary ferruginous-tomentose; pollen presenter ellipsoidal. Fruit 6-9 cm long, 3-4.5 cm wide, ±ovoid, shortly ferruginous-velvety, weathering to grey. Seeds 5-7 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, pale brown.