Dioecious or rarely polygamo-dioecious spreading shrub to 2 m high. Leaves paripinnate, 0.3–3 cm long excluding petiole, terminated by a small tooth or lobe; leaflets 4–8, rarely to 12, oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, acute to acuminate, entire, recurved, obliquely cuneate at base, 5.5–11 mm long, rarely to 14 mm, 1.5–4 mm wide, densely pubescent; petiole 3.5–7 mm long. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicels 1.5–2.5 mm long. Sepals 4, ovate to lanceolate, 1.6–2 mm long, persistent. Stamens 6–8. Ovary pubescent or pilose. Capsule 4-winged, transversely obovate in lateral view, 5.5–8 mm long, 9–10.5 mm wide, densely pilose-pubescent to villous; wings 2–3.5 mm wide, coriaceous; dehiscence septifragal.
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