Small evergreen tree to c. 9 m tall. Leaves c. 30 cm long, oppositely arranged, broadly elliptic to obovate. Flowers on solitary heads, 0.8-3 cm across, corolla tube 10-12 mm long, tubular, white. Fruiting heads oblong to ovoid, 1.2-5.5 cm long, ripening whitish to yellowish.