A tree reaching a height of about 30 meters and a diameter of about 100 centimeters. Leaves are oblong or subelliptic, 20 to 30 centimeters long, and 6 to 10 centimeters wide, hairy or pointed or slightly heart-shaped at the base; petioles are 1 to 2 centimeters long. Inflorescence male and female, the male spikes are pear-shaped 1 to 2centimeters long; the female head are rounded or nearly 2 centimeters in diameter. Fruit is about 10 centimeters long, with the anthocarps extending into brownish, hairy appendages or tails. Seeds are ellipsoid, and embedded in whitish, more or less gummy meat.

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The bark is boiled and used as a remedy for stomachache.