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Subshrub or shrub, 1-2.5 m tall. Stem crisp-pubescent or sometimes appressed-pubescent. Petiole 0.3-0.5(-1) cm long, crisp-pubescent, vaginate to blade; blade membranous or subcoriaceous, not scabrous, not glandular-dotted, dark green above, more pale below, elliptic to oblanceolate, 11-26(-35) x 4-9 cm, apex acuminate, base unequally attached to petiole difference 0.1-0.4 cm, unequally cordate, with slightly larger, auriculate lobe mostly covering petiole, glabrous above, crisp-pubescent below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 8-11(-14) per side, originating from throughout primary vein, flat to impressed above, prominent below, tertiary veins widely reticulate. Inflorescence erect; peduncle to 1 cm long, pubescent, green; spike 3.5-4.5 cm long, white, yellow or green, apiculate; rachis glabrous; floral bracts cucullate, glabrous or dorsally puberulent. Infructescence to 6 cm long, 10 mm wide, green; fruits globose, 2-2.5 mm wide, puberulent at apex, stigmas 3, sessile.
