Tree to 10 m. Twigs thick and stiff. Bud conic, to 6 mm, white hairy. Petioles 1.3-2.4 cm; Leaves with lamina 9.5-15.3 x 5.8-10.7 cm, oval, conspicuously lobed, apex acute, base cuneate, persistently white-tomentose beneath, secondary veins 9-13 pairs. Inflorescence a convex panicle, peduncles and pedicels more or less hairy. Flowers white, hypanthium turbinate, sepals persistent, petals spreading, 5.7-7.3 x 3.6-6 mm, 15-20 mm; anthers red-purple; styles free, persistent; carpels 3-5, ovules superposed. Fruit (12) 13.5-19(22) x 10-19 mm, initially green, becoming brownish with red flush when exposed to sun. Seed c. 6.3 x 4.5 mm. A sexual diploid (2n=34) species.