Herb up to 50 cm. tall, rhizomatous; rhizome with brownish filiform branched roots up to 0.5 mm. thick, as well as with yellowish fleshy unbranched roots up to ± 2.5 mm. thick; stems procumbent or ascending, unbranched, ± 2.5 mm. thick, puberulous to hirtellous.. Leaves in spirals; lamina subcoriaceous to chartaceous when dry, elliptic to oblong, oblanceolate or linear, (3–)6–11 × 1–2.5 cm., apex acute, base cuneate to subobtuse; margin repand to dentate; upper surface scabrous, often with paler spots along the midrib and lateral veins, lower surface puberulous to hispidulous, often with purplish spots along the midrib and lateral veins; lateral veins 4–7 pairs; petiole 0.7–1.2 cm. long, 1–2 mm. thick; stipules narrowly triangular, ± 1 mm. long, persistent.. Inflorescences solitary; peduncle up to 1.3 cm. long, 0.5–1 mm. thick, gradually passing into the receptacle.. Receptacle naviculate, 1–2.1 × 0.3–0.4 cm.; flowering face linear, concave to plane, 0.8–1.5 × ± 0.25 cm., margin ± 0.5 mm. wide, entire; appendages 2, terminal, inserted below the face on a downwardly bent margin, linear, 1.5–8 mm. long.. Staminate flowers ± crowded; perianth-lobes 3; stamens 3.. Pistillate flowers 5–7, ± in a median row: perianth conical; stigmas 2.. Endocarp-body slightly tetrahedral, ± 2.5 mm. in diameter, slightly tuberculate.
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