Dioecious spreading shrub to 1 m high. Leaves imparipinnate, 1.5–3.5 cm long excluding petiole; lateral leaflets 10–18, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, often recurved, entire or sometimes undulate, recurved or revolute, cuneate at base, 4–9.5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, densely hirsute; terminal leaflet lobe-like, otherwise similar to laterals; petiole 3–8 mm long. Flowers in terminal panicles; pedicels 2–2.5 mm long. Sepals 4, lanceolate or sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm long, persistent. Stamens 8. Ovary hirsute. Capsule 4-winged, transversely elliptic in lateral view, 7.5–9 mm long, 12–15 mm wide, densely hirsute; wing 3–4 mm wide, coriaceous; dehiscence septifragal.