Erect to spreading dioec. shrub up to 3 m. tall, us. less; branchlets pubescent when young. Lvs of juvenile plants membr., obovate, toothed or lobed; lvs of adults coriac., on petioles 2-3 mm. long; lamina obovate to elliptic to obovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, (1)-1·5-4 cm. × 7-15 mm.; margins thickened and slightly revolute, entire to slightly sinuate, rarely with 1 to 3 blunt teeth. Fls solitary or in fascicles, 3-4 mm. diam., on straight to decurved pedicels ± 4 mm. long; bracts below middle. ♂ with ovate sepals, free almost to base; petals pale yellow, revolute at tips; scales narrow-cuneate; membrane with lanceolate, fimbriate processes. ♀ smaller, petals broader. Fr. 3-5 mm. diam., subglobose to ovoid; style 2-fid; seeds (1)-2, plano-convex.

2n = 32

2n = 32

2n = 32

n = 16

2n = 32