Rhizomes erect, short; scales bicolorous, brown with lighter margins, subulate. Fronds clustered. Stipe black, lustrous, 15-25 cm × 1-1.5 mm, scaly only at base, densely covered with short, dark brown glands. Lamina ovate-deltoid or ovate-lanceolate, 12-15 × 8-10 cm, pinnate-bipinnatifid, leathery when dry, abaxially with white farina, adaxially glabrous; rachis and costae with same glands as stipe; pinnae 8-10 pairs, opposite, basal ones largest, ovate-lanceolate, bipinnatifid; pinnules 6-8 pairs, alternate; proximal basiscopic pinnules largest, linear-lanceolate, 2-2.5 cm × 3-4 mm, pinnatifid; ultimate segments 4 or 5 pairs, deltoid; second and upper pairs of pinnae gradually shortened distally, lanceolate, bipinnatifid. Veins obscure. Sori consisting of 3 or 4 sporangia. False indusia continuous, poorly developed, narrow, margins entire.

Aleuritopteris sichouensis is distinguished from other species of the genus by its glandular stipe and rachis, subulate rhizome scales, and very narrow false indusia.

● Limestone cliffs; 1400-1500 m. S Yunnan (Xichou).