Leaves are alternate between 1.5 and 3 cm, they are hard, glossy green, with a small petiole and lanceolate shape.

Male flowers have a unique verticil with 6–10 stamens and are surrounded by tepals (sepals and petals just the same).

Female flowers are grouped five by five, and pollination is mainly anemophilous.

The flowers are homochlamyd, small (3 to 5 mm), unisexual, arranged in inflorescences.

Its fruits are small, flattened or triangular, yellowish in cupules made up by 2 to 7 units.