Rhizome ascending, ca. 3 cm in diam., clothed with scales. Fronds caespitose. Stipes stramineous, 25-30 cm, 3-4 mm in diam., black and densely covered with scales at base; scales black or dark brown, lanceolate, gradually sparser upward. Lamina ovate-lanceolate, 35-40 × 20-25 cm, bipinnate. Pinnae 10-13 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, 15-18 × 4-5 cm, stalked. Pinnules 10-13 pairs, lanceolate, 2-3 × ca. 1 cm, truncate at base, pinnatilobate or pinnatifid, acute at apex. Segments with a sharp tooth at apex. Veins pinnate, distinct abaxially; veinlets reaching margins. Lamina herbaceous, pale green, subglabrous adaxially, scaly abaxially; scales on rachis black, lanceolate; pinna rachis and costa clothed with brown, bullate scales. Sori medial or nearer costa than margin; indusia reddish at center, reniform, entire.
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