Small evergreen tree to 15 m tall. Leaves 10-22 cm long, narrowly elliptic to obovate. Flowers unisexual, male and female on separate trees. Male flowers yellow, in spikes clustered on trunks and branches; female flowers bright red, in spikes, also clustered on main trunk and older branches. Fruits 2.5-3.5 cm long, pale orange ripening red, ovoid to ellipsoid or spherical.