Dioecious erect shrub to 2 m high. Leaves simple, elliptic, rarely obovate, acute, entire, revolute, attenuate at base; lamina 4.5–8.2 cm long, 1.4–2.7 cm wide, glabrous, usually white-spotted below; petiole 4–10.5 mm long. Flowers in axillary few-flowered cymes; pedicels 3.5–8.5 mm long. Sepals 4, lanceolate to ovate, 2–3.4 mm long, caducous. Stamens 8. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 4-winged, depressed-obovate or transversely elliptic in lateral view, 10–13 mm long, 15–24 mm wide, glabrous; wings 6–8.5 mm wide, membranous; dehiscence septifragal.