[3] Pleiospermium latialatum grows as a shrub or tree up to 25 m (80 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 30 cm (12 in).

[3] Pleiospermium latialatum was described in 1939 by the American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle.

The specific epithet latialatum means 'broad wing', referring to the leaf stalk (or petiole).

[1] Its habitat is in primary dipterocarp and secondary forests, on hills or by rivers, at lower elevations to 300 m (1,000 ft).

[3] Pleiospermium latialatum has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.