Evergreen monecious tree to 45 m tall. Leaves 6.5-26 cm long, elliptic, obovate, or rounded, very variable in size and shape. Flower heads in leaf axils. Male flower heads obovoid to globose, 1.2-2.5 cm across. Fruits up to 15 cm across, globose, greenish yellow ripening dull orange, thickly set with stiff conical spines.