Decumbent shrub to 1 m high. Branches rigid. Shoots pubescent. Leaves: lamina obovate or obovate-elliptic, obtuse or truncate, apiculate, entire, 1–4.2 cm long, 0.6–1.7 cm wide, pubescent (especially below) or glabrous; petiole 1–5 mm long. Flowers in axillary or terminal open racemes or solitary or rarely in 3-flowered cymules; pedicels 6–12 mm long, elongating to 40–50 mm in fruit. Sepals 6–10, linear, ovate-oblong or elliptic-ovate, obtuse or acute, 2–5 mm long. Stamens 10–15; filaments and anthers 1–3.5 mm long. Style 5–12 mm long. Fruit 3-locular, obtriangular or orbicular-obovoid, with 3 broad wings, inflated, 8–16 mm long, to 22 mm wide, pubescent; wings triangular, 3–8 mm long, 4–6 mm wide.