Description: Tree to 20 m tall; young branches tomentose. Leaves alternate, ovate to oblong, 8–30 cm long; apex acute or short acuminate; base slightly oblique, rounded or cordate; blade pubescent on both surfaces; secoundary nerves 10–16 on each side; petioles 2–7 mm long. Inflorescences cymose, leaf-opposite or on short branches; peduncle to 2.5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles minute, caducous; pedicels 5–10 cm long; torus glabrous. Sepals brown, tomentose, 3, triangular, 2–8 cm long. Petals 6; outer 3 similar to sepals; 3 inner ones dark brownish green, ovate-lanceolate, 1–8 cm long, densely golden hairs outside, inside glabrous. Stamens many; anthers with apiculate connectives. Carpels many, pubescent; ovules 2 per carpel; stigma clavate. Monocarps pubescent, subglobose, 1.5–2 diam, reddish when ripe; stipes 5–8 mm long.