The leaves are palmately compound, clustering at the branch tips, with leaf stalks (petioles) ranging from 5.5 to 37 cm (2.2 to 14.6 in) long.

The plant produces terminal flower clusters that can be erect or drooping, becoming pendulous as the fruit develops.

These clusters are densely covered in soft hairs, adding a distinctive texture to the plant's appearance.

[3] This plant can be distinguished from other species of the Didymopanax group by the frequent presence of a loose exfoliating bark in dry material, leaflets with coriaceous blades and persistently light brown or ochre to grayish villous indumentum abaxially, a usually rounded, large (4.5 mm–8 mm × 8 mm–15 mm (0.2 in–0.3 in × 0.3 in–0.6 in)), and very fleshy fruits.

It can be found in the states of Bahia, Goiás, eastern Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and the Distrito Federal.