Small to medium-sized evergreen tree to 30 m tall. Leaves 9-45 cm long, ovate to obovate. Flowers unisexual, male and female on separate trees. Male flowers yellow to pink to purple to cream white, in spikes clustered on the trunk and main branches; female flowers yellow to orange to purple, in spikes, also clustered on the trunk. Fruits 2.5-5 cm long, globose to ellipsoid, green to yellow to whitish to grey when ripe.