Anisophyllea corneri is a small to medium-sized tree that can reach up to 30 m tall and 67 cm in diameter. The bark is smooth at about 0.25 mm thick. Its sapwood is white to brown and radially striate inwards with thick rays. The reddish-brown twigs are pubescent when young. The inflorescences are axillary, usually branched at base at about 1.5-9.5 cm long. The flowers are unisexual. The seeds are ellipsoid, cream to pale yellow and slightly glossy. Its flowers and fruits can be found nearly throughout the year (based on herbarium spesimens) (Kiew et al., 2018).    

This species can be found throughout Peninsular Malaysia (except for Perlis and Penang) and Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan). It grows in primary lowland dipterocarp forest to upper hill dipterocarp forests up to 1,066 m altitude (Kiew et al., 2018).