Leafless, dioecious, erect, relatively small shrubs 0.3–0.5 m high; internodes of distal branches flattened and narrowed, 10–15 × 1–2 mm.
Ring scar left by perianth slightly swollen, 1.5 mm in diameter.
Staminate flowers and pistillate flowers solitary and sessile.
Berries pedicellate (1 mm), orange, 3 mm high, ovoid, smooth.
Style minute (0.5 mm) but distinct; stigma capitate.
Bracteal cups of both sexes sessile.