A shrub up to 3m tall, young twigs covered with golden hairs; leaves lanceolate oroblong-lanceolate, 28-37cm x 3-12cm, deeply cordate and auricled at base, papery orthinly leathery, bullate, petiole 3-5mm long, stout; flowers solitary or 2-3 togetheropposite the leaves, petals linear, c. 2.5cm long; monocarps subglobose, c. 1cm indiameter, stalk c. 0.5cm long, 2-seeded. Polyalthia bullata occurs in lowland forest.(Malaysia)