Shrubs or subshrubs stoloniferous, 1-1.5(-3) m tall. Branchlets angular, ca. 5 mm in diam., papillose puberulent when young, glabrescent. Leaves pseudoverticillate; petiole 2-4 cm, with narrow crisp wing; leaf blade elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 25-48 × 5-19 cm, membranous, prominently punctate, glabrous or minutely puberulent along veins abaxially, base cuneate, margin flat, pectinate-dentate, teeth apiculate, apex obtuse to subacuminate; lateral veins 15-20 on each side of midrib, marginal vein absent. Inflorescences terminal or rarely axillary, pyramidal, racemose-paniculate group of subumbels 20-35 × ca. 10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Flowers papery, white or pinkish, 4-5 mm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm, slender. Sepals subdeltate or ovate, 1.5-2 mm, sparsely puberulent, prominently punctate, margin entire, glabrous, apex acute. Petals nearly free, ovate, sparsely punctate, margin entire, glabrous, apex acute. Stamens ca. 2/3 as long as petals; filaments obsolete; anthers ovate, not punctate dorsally, apex apiculate. Pistil subequalling petals; ovary subglabrous or puberulent; ovules uniseriate. Fruit reddish, globose, ca. 6 mm in diam., glabrous, longitudinally striate, sparsely punctate. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Oct-Dec.
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