Miliusa tomentosa is a large deciduous tree with 15–20 metre height.

Woolly miliusa is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 20 m tall.

Leaves are thick leathery, ovate, oblong, 4–10 cm long, 2–5.5 cm broad, smooth above, softly hairy below, base rounded, margin entire, tip pointed, leaf-stalk 2–5 mm.

A qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis of dried leaves of this plant revealed the presence of carbohydrate, protein, cardiac glycoside, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, anthraquinones, tannins, quinines and inorganic compounds.

[5] The oil from its seeds is used in Chinese traditional medicine for its antibacterial and analgesic properties.