Herbs, rhizomatous. Rhizomes 2-3 mm in diam.; internodes 2-3 mm. Leaves basal; stipules reflexed, ovate, 5-6 × 3-4 mm; petiole 3-5 cm, densely hirsute-villous; blade ovate, 6-10 × 4-6 cm, papery, rugose, base cordate to peltate, margin serrulate and ciliate, apex acute. Inflorescences axillary, with 6-13 flowers in a dichasial cyme; peduncle 8-21 cm, hirsute-villous; bracts oblong. Staminate flowers: tepals 4, outer 2 pink, with red veins, suborbicular, inner 2 pinkish, obovate; androecium zygomorphic; stamens numerous; anthers obovoid. Pistillate flowers: tepals 3, rarely 4, outer 2 pink, orbicular, glabrous; ovary coniform, villous, 3-winged, 1-loculed with parietal placentation; styles 3. Capsule nodding, ovate; subequally 3-winged; abaxial wing broadly oblong, 2-3 mm, apex subtruncate. Fl. Feb-Jun.
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