The toothed leaves are trifoliolate, oak-shaped, dark green, and papery, with simple hairy trichomes.

The undersides show nerves often flattened and forming structures similar to domatia, but without a concentration of trichomes.

Terminal leaflets are elliptic or rhombic, (2.3–) 6.8–16.5 cm long and (0.8–) 2–9 cm wide, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate, petiole 0–20 mm long, lateral leaflets inequilateral, elliptic or ovate, apex acute or obtuse, base oblique-rounded.

[2] It is native to the New World tropics, in countries such as Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

[1] Relatively easy to grow, the plant prefers semi-shaded places in subtropical climates, without direct sun.