Daphniphyllum majus grow from 2m to 10m tall. Its grayish-brown branchlets are stout and densely covered in
lenticels. The leaf blade is green when dry, glaucous below, oblong-elliptic or obovate-oblong in shape, (16-)20-37 × 7-14 cm, apex acuminate, reticulate veins are prominent on both surfaces. Along with some others species of the genus,
D. majus has loosely arranged conical to round
palisade cells in its leaves. ==Distribution==