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Shrub, subshrub or treelet, sometimes scandent, to 3 m tall. Stem glabrous. Petiole 1-2.2 cm long, vaginate or grooved to apex; blade coriaceous, drying shiny or membranous, dark glandular-dotted on both sides, rhombic, somewhat asymmetric, 10-20 x 3-8 cm, apex acute to acuminate, base almost equal, obtuse or acute, glabrous; pinnately veined, secondary veins 4-6 per side, originating from lower 3/4 of primary vein, at a wide angle and abruptly curving upward, not anastomosing, shallowly or deeply impressed above, prominulous to prominent below, tertiary veins reticulate, slightly prominulous or inconspicuous. Inflorescence usually pendent; peduncle 0.5-0.8(-1.5) cm long, glabrous; spike 3-6 cm long, whitish, pale yellow or green, apiculate; floral bracts marginally fringed. Infructescence 6 x 1 cm (when dried); fruits obovoid, 1-2 mm thick, glabrous, becoming exserted, stigmas 3, sessile.
