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Male flowers: stamens (6–7) 8, inserted at the base of a narrow disk; filaments flattened at the base, those opposite the petals a little shorter; anthers 1·5 mm. long, basifixed, ovate, 2-lobed at the base, with lateral dehiscence; vestigial ovary with styles united for their full length.
Inflorescence a terminal panicle 2–4 cm. long and 2–3 cm. broad at the base; bracteoles 0·3 mm. long, linear, pilose, caducous; pedicels 1–2 mm. long.
Deciduous shrub c. 1·5 m. tall or small tree; young branches, leaves and panicles greyish-tomentose.
Sepals 4, united into a cupuliform shortly lobed calyx 0·8–1·1 mm. long.
Petals 4, 4·5–5 × 10·7–2 mm., imbricate, narrowly elliptic.
Female flowers and fruits unknown.
