A tree with greyish ash-coloured bark. Leaf-stalks 2–3 in. long, thinly covered with stelliform pubescence. Stipules caducous. Leaves 4–6 in. long, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, sometimes obscurely lobed, unicostate; venation arcuate. Peduncle extra-axillary, as long as or longer than the leafstalks, dividing into 5 or 6 cymose pedicels, each about an inch long. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft; lobes ovate, acute, 1/4 in. long, velvety on the outer surface. Petals oblong, glandless, longer than the sepals. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous; thalamus not prolonged. Capsule subglobose, 2-valved, 1-celled, each valve provided with 2 unequal, oblong, obtuse, foliaceous wings 1 or 2 in. in length, 1/2– 3/4 in. in breadth. Seed solitary, pendulous, villose.