Dioecious shrubs to 2-4 m tall. Stipules persistent, ovate to elliptic, mid-rib hairy, without capitate trichomes. Leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, chartaceous; base slightly cordate to obtuse, margin serrate to deeply crenate with a gland on tooth tip, apex acute to acuminate, surface; 3 ribbed at base, lateral nerves 5-8 pairs. Inflorescences axillary, 1 per axil, spicate, straight, densely flowered, rachises usually hidden by flowers. Pistilate flowers 1 mm diameter; Calyx 1 mm diameter, sepals 4, ovate to elliptic, hairy outside. Ovary globose to oblate, trilocular; stigmas 3, 5-8 mm long, each divided 6-16 times, smooth. Bisexual flowers and fruits unknown.