Small tree or large pubescent shrub; young shoots pubescent; leaves large, ovate, oblong, often, emarginate, pubescent beneath; petiole broadly winged; flowers large, fragrant, white, born in clusters in terminal racemes; pedicels short, hairy; calyx cupular, 5-fid, hairy; petals 4-5, creamy white, somewhat hairy on outer side; dotted with yellowish green glands; stamens 16-24, prominently in bundles of 4-5, anthers yellow-orange; carpels many, syncarpous, many ovules in each locule, septa membranous, cells few seeded, filled with fusiform, juicy glands; fruits large, subglobose or pear shaped, fleshy, pale yellow, rind thick, pulp crimson to pale pink or yellow, sweet or acrid, many seeded.