Shrubs ca. 2.5 m, polygamodioecious, glabrous except for calyx. Branchlets subterete. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 9-13 × 2.5-4 cm, leathery, abaxially densely dotted with peltate scales, base cuneate, margin entire, apex caudate-acuminate and with acumen to 2 cm; primary veins 8-12 on each side of midrib, somewhat impressed adaxially, raised abaxially. Panicles axillary, staminate ones slender, 4-7 cm. Staminate flowers: pedicel 6-10 mm; calyx 1-1.5 mm, lobes ciliate; corolla white, 3-3.5 mm, lobes ovate-orbicular, ca. 1 mm. Bisexual flowers and fruit not seen. Fl. Nov.

* Mixed woods; 1600-2200 m. Yunnan