Rhizome with whitish bloom, sparsely scaly; scales brown, ovate at peltate base, margin entire, apex acuminate. Fronds ± monomorphic (fertile fronds slightly narrower and more oblong). Stipe straw-colored, 5-10 cm, glabrous; lamina simple, ovate to oblong, 5-10 × 3-6 cm, base rounded to shallowly cordate, margin entire, wide, flat, translucent, apex caudate. Veins all distinct on both surfaces. Lamina leathery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface pale green, adaxial surface green and shiny. Sori orbicular, medial.