Dioecious shrub to 1.5 m high. Leaves imparipinnate, 0.8–2.2 cm long excluding petiole; leaflets 8–14, obovate to oblong, acute to obtuse, often 2-or 3-toothed, entire, revolute, cuneate at base, 3.5–9 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, hirsute, the hairs usually golden-yellow; terminal leaflet lobe-like, otherwise similar to laterals; petiole 1.5–4.5 mm long. Flowers in 2–4-flowered cymes, axillary or terminal; pedicels 7.5–13 mm long. Sepals 4, rarely as many as 6, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, persistent or sometimes caducous. Stamens 8–12. Ovary hirsute, some hairs grouped into tufts. Capsule 4-winged, rarely 5-winged, transversely obovate to transversely elliptic in lateral view, 8.5–15 mm long, 16–24 mm wide, hirsute, the hairs usually golden-yellow; wings 5–7 mm wide, coriaceous; dehiscence septifragal.
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