Latex, bark, fruits, leaves, roots and root bark, buds, bark, aerial roots. A very large tree, 20-30 m high with aerial roots. Leaves ovate, coriaceous with scale-stipules.
Flowers minute, unisexual.
Male flowers near the month of receptacle and female flowers with shorter perianth'. The fruits are round and red with innumerable tiny seeds. The tannins and flavonoids relieve capillary bleeding'. The latex has bactericidal actions. A hypoglycaemic principle was isolated from the bark.