Small tree, 5-6 m high. Young branches sparsely hairy. Leaves elliptic to oblong-obovate, 8-11 x 3-4.3 cm, acute to obtuse with cuneate to subrounded base, glabrous on both sides, young leaves sparsely hairy. Petiole 5-12 mm long, glabrous. Peduncle 2-3 mm long, leaf opposed or terminal on short axillary branches, 1-2-flowered. Bract and bracteole minute, pilose. Pedicel 11-16 mm long, glabrous. Sepals broadly deltoid, 1.5-3 x 3-4 mm, basally connate, pilose outside. Outer petals oblong, 20-27 x 7-9 mm, pale yellow with deep purple spot inside at base, obtuse, triquetrous, basally concave within, sparsely pilose to glabrous outside, puberulous inside; inner petals frequently absent. Receptacle conical. Stamens 1 mm long, narrow cuneate, filament short, locules equal, connective-tip subtruncate. Carpels basally connate, ovary dorsally pilose, 1-ovuled, style short, stigma narrow conical. Fruit 5-10 x 5-7.5 cm, yellowish green, glaucous, tuberculate, monocarps loose and easily separable in ripe fruit, pulp soft, smooth, pure white or yellow tinged. Seeds dark brown to black.