Tall timber tree, grows to a height of 13m and with a girth of 60cm.; Leaves are simple, oblong, oblong–ovate, 16cm – 33cm × 4cm – 14cm ; the apex is acuminate, the base is rounded, and the midrib is sunken above.; secondary nerves inconspicuous and loping at the margin. Male flowers arranged in three flowered axillary cymes and show 35–96 anthers. Female flowers are 4-merous and show an 8-locular hairy ovary. Fruits are globose, up to 5cm in diameter, and are seated on a 3cm-wide calyx.

Anticancerous

Used in the treatment of cancer

Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:80-81, CRC Press, June 2006.