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Shrub or treelet, 1.5-8 m tall. Stem densely pubescent to glabrescent. Petiole 3-7(-10) cm long, glabrous or densely brown-pubescent, green to brown, vaginate or winged to apex; blade not scabrous, not glandular-dotted, elliptic-ovate to oblong, 20-60(-70) x (12-)20-35 cm, apex acute to acuminate, base unequally attached to petiole difference up to 1 cm, unequally lobed, basal lobes shorter or longer than petiole, occasionally overlapping the latter, glabrous above, more or less brown-pubescent below, especially on veins; pinnately veined, secondary veins 5-9, per side originating from lower 3/4 of primary vein. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 2-5 cm long, pubescent to glabrescent; spike (8-)20-60(-70) cm long, reddish when young, apiculate; rachis pubescent; floral bracts triangular-rounded to cucullate, glabrous. Fruits obovoid or oblongoid, sometimes flattened at apex, 1-2 mm in diam., minutely pubescent or glabrous or with a few basal hairs, stigmas 3, often quite long, sessile, sometimes on a short style.
