Shrub, up to 3 m high. Leaves distinctly petioled, pubescent or puberulous on both surfaces with rather distinct main nerves, usually paler beneath, oblong-obovate or linear-elliptic, up to 70 mm long. Flowers yellowish green.
Dioecious shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, petiolate, mealy-pubescent, pale beneath. Flowers axillary, males 4-6, females 2 or 3.