Dioecious or rarely polygamo-dioecious spreading or erect shrub to 2 m high. Leaves imparipinnate, 0.6–2.8 cm long excluding petiole; lateral leaflets 6–14, narrowly angular-obovate to obovate, rarely oblong, entire, revolute or recurved, cuneate at base, 2.5–6.5 mm long, rarely to 9 mm, 1.5–4.5 mm wide, glabrous to pubescent; apex 3–6-toothed or-lobed, the teeth broadly acute to obtuse, the central one often recurved; petiole 1–8 mm long. Flowers paired or 3 together; pedicels 4–8 mm long. Sepals 4, lanceolate to ovate, 2–4 mm long, caducous. Stamens 8. Ovary densely pilose. Capsule 4-winged, broadly elliptic in lateral view, 10–20 mm long, 12–18 mm wide, glabrous or sometimes pubescent; wings 2.5–5 mm wide, membranous; dehiscence septifragal.