[1] James Sinclair, the Scottish botanist who first formally described the species using the synonym Pseuduvaria macrophylla var.

The leaves are hairless on their upper and lower surfaces except for the midrib which can be sparsely hairy.

Its densely hairy petioles are 5-9 by 1.5-3 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side.

Its Inflorescences are solitary or occur in pairs and are organized on 2-4 millimeter-long, densely hairy peduncles.

There is a solitary, smooth, elliptical gland on the upper surface of the inner petals.Male flowers have up to 65 stamens that are 0.8-1 by 0.5 millimeters.

The female flowers have up to 9 sterile stamen.The fruit occur in clusters of 1-8 and are on sparsely hairy pedicles that are 15-30 by 1-3 millimeters.

The mature, smooth, densely hairy fruit have a sharp point that is 0.3-0.4 millimeters long.