Botany
· Shrub or small tree, 4-10 meters high, with stellate hairs giving a velvety appearance. Leaves are large, orbicular-ovate, 10-25 cm long, very broad, with a heart-shaped base, pointed tip, and often deeply three- to five-lobed, with coarsely toothed margins. The flowers are greenish yellow. Fruit (capsule) is about 7mm, smooth with 2 or 3 parts.

Distribution
Common in thickets and secondary forests, at low and medium altitudes.

Parts utilized
Bark and leaves.

Properties
Sudorific, vermifuge.

Uses
Folkloric
Bark and leaves, slightly heated and applied to the skin, is sudorific.
In Malaya, leaves used as a poultice for scurf.
Decoction of leaves used as vermifuge.
Bark used for chest pains; leaves or flowers on the wrist for fever.
In Papua, New Guinea, one of the plants used to treat snake bites.

Availability
Wild-crafted.