Petioles up to 40 cm long; leaf-blade c. 13–16 x 1–7 cm, very variable in shape, acute at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base. Male inflorescence c. 20 cm long, of 1–5 whorls of branches; female inflorescence shorter. Male flowers with outer tepals 2–3 mm long and inner tepals c. 1 mm long. Female flowers with outer tepals c. 1.5 mm long and inner tepals minute or lacking. Nutlets 8–20, 1.5(–2.5) mm long.
Range
S1 widespread in tropical Africa south to South Africa.
