Shrub, lepidote and sparingly stellate-pubescent. Leaves scattered, shortpetioled, firm, oblong-ovate to oblanceolate-oblong, acutely acuminate, narrowed to an acute base, 6–12 in. long, 2–4 1/2 in. wide; petiole 1/2–1 1/4 in. long, lepidote; stipules ovate, acuminate, lepidote and sparingly stellate-pubescent, 3–4 lin. long. Racemes up to 9 in. long, simple or the females sparingly branched; bracts 2-glandular; male flowers in few-flowered glomerules 1/5– 1/3 in. apart; females few, solitary towards the ends of the racemes, pedicel lepidote, 1/4 in. long. Male: Calyx globose, closely lepidote, 1 lin. wide, usually 2-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate, margin very slightly lobed; tube hairy within. Stamens about 10, 6 outer; extra-staminal glands free, distinct. Female: Calyx oblong, closely lepidote, 1/6 in. long; lobes 4, narrow-lanceolate, subacute, eglandular. Petals 4, free. Disk deeply lobed. Ovary closely lepidote and setose with long simple stiff hairs; styles 3, each 7-partite or twice 2-partite, stellate-pubescent at the base outside below the division. Capsule (only seen young) densely lepidote and setose.